ketosis noun. [kɪ'tǝʊsɪs] E20.
[from KETO- + -OSIS.]
Medicine. The increased metabolic production of ketone bodies, usu. associated with a predominance of fat metabolism as in starvation and in diabetes mellitus.

■ ketotic [kɪ'tɒtɪk] adjective affected or associated with ketosis M20.

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