DIABETIC ACIDOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diabetic acidosis mean? 

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

1. acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIABETIC ACIDOSIS (noun)

Meaning:

Acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

diabetic acidosis; ketoacidosis

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

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

Holonyms ("diabetic acidosis" is a part of...):

autoimmune diabetes; growth-onset diabetes; IDDM; insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; juvenile diabetes; juvenile-onset diabetes; ketoacidosis-prone diabetes; ketosis-prone diabetes; type I diabetes (severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease)