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KETOSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ketosis mean?
• KETOSIS (noun)
The noun KETOSIS has 1 sense:
1. an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus
Familiarity information: KETOSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
acetonemia; ketonemia; ketosis
Hypernyms ("ketosis" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
Context examples
In the metabolic condition called ketosis, ketone bodies are produced faster than they are consumed by tissues and the smell of acetone can be detected on a person's breath.
(Formation of Ketone Bodies from Acetyl-CoA Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
The consumption of high-fat/low carbohydrate diets has been used as a weight loss program by many, intentionally inducing ketosis to consume fat stores, but these ketogenic diets can cause unwanted side effects related to increased urea production resulting from protein intake and risk of heart disease from increased cholesterol and fat intake.
(Formation of Ketone Bodies from Acetyl-CoA Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
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