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KETONURIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation
Synonyms:
acetonuria; ketoaciduria; ketonuria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("ketonuria" 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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ketonuria"):
branched chain ketoaciduria; maple syrup urine disease (an inherited disorder of metabolism in which the urine has a odor characteristic of maple syrup; if untreated it can lead to mental retardation and death in early childhood)
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