Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The elimination of acetone in the urine: seen notably in diabetes and in febrile diseases.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Excess of acetone in the urine, as in starvation or diabetes; -- a form of ketonuria.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology A form of
ketonuria characterized by the presence ofacetone in theurine
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation
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Examples
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This results in severe imbalance of electrolytes, significant weight loss, ketosis, acetonuria, and/or damage to the internal organs.
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The internal organs are found to be fattily degenerated, and death is thought to be due to acetonuria.
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