Definition of Ketonuria

1. Noun. Excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation.

Exact synonyms: Acetonuria, Ketoaciduria
Specialized synonyms: Branched Chain Ketoaciduria, Maple Syrup Urine Disease
Generic synonyms: Symptom

Definition of Ketonuria

1. Noun. (medicine) A medical condition in which ketone bodies are present in the urine. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ketonuria

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ketonuria

1. The presence of ketone bodies in the urine, this is a symptom of diabetes mellitus. Origin: Gr. Ouron = urine (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ketonuria

ketone
ketone-aldehyde mutase
ketone alcohol
ketone bodies
ketone body
ketone group
ketone oxidoreductases
ketonemia
ketonemias
ketonemic
ketones
ketonic
ketonimine
ketonimine dyes
ketonization
ketonuria (current term)
ketonurias
ketopantoic
ketopantoic acid
ketopentose
ketopentoses
ketophenylbutazone
ketophosphonate
ketophosphonates
ketoprofen
ketopyranose
ketopyranoses
ketoreductase
ketoreductases
ketorolac

Literary usage of Ketonuria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"Mild degrees of ketonuria are not uncommon after the administration of narcotics. Occasionally, however, a very severe and characteristic set of symptoms ..."

2. Pathological physiology of internal diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"It would appear, therefore, that, in the periodic vomiting of infancy and childhood, there is no reason to assume that the ketonuria depends primarily upon ..."

3. Functional Pathology of Internal Diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"It would appear, therefore, that, in the periodic vomiting of infancy and childhood, there is no reason to assume that the ketonuria depends primarily upon ..."

4. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1918)
"and perhaps an equal amount of lung may thrive in spite ketonuria for a ... ketonuria is apt to be slight. But the final outcome appears in one of two forms ..."

5. Diet in Health and Disease by Julius Friedenwald, John Ruhräh (1907)
"afforded by comparative observations upon ketonuria in inanition and upon protein fat diet [Satta (235)]. Just as in the case of non-diabetic people, ..."

6. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"It is his idea also that the fear of suddenly withdrawing carbohydrate from the diet, especially on account of ketonuria, should be strongly combated, ..."

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