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ketonemia

ketonemia noun: an excess of ketones in the blood, sometimes associated with lipolysis.

Noun

ketonemia (countable and uncountable, plural ketonemias)

  1. An excess of ketones in the blood, sometimes associated with lipolysis.
    • If symptoms are directly proportional to the degree of hypoglycemia, ketonemias or a combination of the two, this animal would logically be expected to show pronounced symptoms.1947, Donald Edward Jasper, Hepatic Changes in the Bovine During Pregnancy and Ketosis

Forms of ketonemia

pluralketonemias
alternative formketonaemia

Origin of ketonemia

From ketone + -emia.

Words formed from ketonemia

Questions about ketonemia

What does ketonemia mean?
Ketonemia means an excess of ketones in the blood, sometimes associated with lipolysis.
What part of speech is ketonemia?
Ketonemia is a noun.
What is the plural of ketonemia?
The plural of ketonemia is ketonemias.

Words near ketonemia in the dictionary

  1. ketonaemia
  2. ketonaemic
  3. ketone
  4. ketone bodies
  5. ketone body
  6. ketonemia
  7. ketonemias
  8. ketonemic
  9. ketones
  10. ketonic
  11. ketonimine

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