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ketogenic diet

ketogenic diet noun: a very high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate dietary therapy used mainly to treat hard-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children.

Noun

ketogenic diet (plural ketogenic diets)

  1. (nutrition) A very high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate dietary therapy used mainly to treat hard-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children.
  2. (broadly, nutrition) Any diet plan that involves low carbohydrate consumption, especially fad diets advertised mainly for weight loss in adults.
    Synonyms:
    keto diet, ketodiet, keto

Synonyms of ketogenic diet

Forms of ketogenic diet

pluralketogenic diets

Questions about ketogenic diet

What does ketogenic diet mean?
Ketogenic diet means a very high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate dietary therapy used mainly to treat hard-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children.
What part of speech is ketogenic diet?
Ketogenic diet is a noun.
What is the plural of ketogenic diet?
The plural of ketogenic diet is ketogenic diets.

Words near ketogenic diet in the dictionary

  1. ketofuranoses
  2. ketogenesic
  3. ketogenesis
  4. ketogenetic
  5. ketogenic
  6. ketogenic diet
  7. ketogenic diets
  8. ketogluconate
  9. ketogluconates
  10. ketoglutarate
  11. ketoglutarates

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