Ketonemia

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An excess of ketones in the blood, sometimes associated with lipolysis. countable, uncountable

    "If symptoms are directly proportional to the degree of hypoglycemia, ketonemias or a combination of the two, this animal would logically be expected to show pronounced symptoms."

  2. 2
    an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus wordnet

Example

More examples

"If symptoms are directly proportional to the degree of hypoglycemia, ketonemias or a combination of the two, this animal would logically be expected to show pronounced symptoms."

Etymology

From ketone + -emia.

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