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DIABETIC ACIDOSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus
Synonyms:
diabetic acidosis; ketoacidosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("diabetic acidosis" is a kind of...):
acidosis (abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues)
Holonyms ("diabetic acidosis" is a part of...):
autoimmune diabetes; growth-onset diabetes; IDDM; insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; juvenile-onset diabetes; juvenile diabetes; ketoacidosis-prone diabetes; ketosis-prone diabetes; type I diabetes (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)