ketoacidosis
Noun
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Acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies;
Occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus (synset 114043311)is a type of: acidosis - abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissuesis a part of: autoimmune diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, iddm, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile diabetes, juvenile-onset 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 diseasesame as: diabetic acidosis
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