ACETONURIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation

Synonyms:

acetonuria; ketoaciduria; ketonuria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("acetonuria" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acetonuria"):

branched chain ketoaciduria; maple syrup urine disease (an inherited disorder of metabolism in which the urine has a odor characteristic of maple syrup; if untreated it can lead to mental retardation and death in early childhood)

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