alcoholic ketoacidosis

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alcoholic ketoacidosis,

the fall in blood pH (acidosis) sometimes seen in alcoholics and associated with a rise in the levels of serum ketone bodies.

Ketoacidosis 2º to alcohol abuse, in which ketone bodies–eg, acetone, accumulate in the circulation, which is evoked by conditions that encourage fat metabolism. See Diabetic ketoacidosis.

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