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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Word of the Day

15 December 2024

DIALECT

(noun) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; “the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English”; “he has a strong German accent”; “it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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