ketoacidosis
- n acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus
ketoacidosis-prone diabetes
- n severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease
ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes
- n mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults; can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors; can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin
ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus
- n mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults; can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors; can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin
ketoaciduria
- n excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation
ketohexose
- n a monosaccharide having six carbon atoms and a ketone group
ketone
- n any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals