STARVATION ACIDOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does starvation acidosis mean? 

• STARVATION ACIDOSIS (noun)
  The noun STARVATION ACIDOSIS has 1 sense:

1. acidosis in which the acidity results from lack of food which leads to fat catabolism which in turn releases acidic ketone bodies

  Familiarity information: STARVATION ACIDOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STARVATION ACIDOSIS (noun)

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Meaning:

Acidosis in which the acidity results from lack of food which leads to fat catabolism which in turn releases acidic ketone bodies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("starvation acidosis" is a kind of...):

acidosis (abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues)