KETOACIDOSIS

ketoacidosis, diabetic acidosis

(noun) acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus

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Etymology

Noun

ketoacidosis (countable and uncountable, plural ketoacidoses)

(pathology) A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.

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PLANTAIN

(noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally


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