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ketosis
(ke-to´sis)
accumulation in the blood and tissues of large quantities of the ketone bodies: β-hydroxybutyric acid, acetoacetic acid, and acetone; it is most commonly seen in diabetes mellitus and acute starvation. Because two of the ketone bodies are acids, the accumulation results in metabolic acidosis, and the condition is often referred to as ketoacidosis. adj., ketot´ic., adj.

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