ketonemia
noun
ke·to·ne·mia ˌkē-tə-ˈnē-mē-ə 
medical
: a condition marked by an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the circulating blood
Normally, when blood glucose decreases for more than a couple of hours, ketonemia develops in response to decreased insulin and the brain will use ketones as an alternative endogenous fuel.
Camille Vandenberghe et al.
compare ketonuria Camille Vandenberghe et al.
Word History
First Known Use
1913, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
ketonemia
noun
ke·to·ne·mia
variants or chiefly British ketonaemia
ˌkēt-ə-ˈnē-mē-ə
1
: a condition marked by an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the circulating blood
called also hyperketonemia
2
: ketosis sense 2
- hyponatraemic
- hyponatremia
- hyponatremic
- hyponeas
- hyponitrite
- hyponitrous acid
- hyponoias
- hyponome
- hyponomic
- hyponym
- hyponymic
- hyponymies
- hyponymous
- hyponyms
- hypopachi
- hypopachuses
- hypopachusses
- hypoparathyroidism
- hypoparathyroidisms
- Hypoparia
- hypoparian
- hypophamine
- hypopharynges
- hypopharynx
- hypopharynxes