an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus
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a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
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excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.a condition in which the urine (which is normally slightly acidic) is alkaline
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.a condition in which the urine (which is normally slightly acidic) is alkaline
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.abnormal presence of amino acids in the urine; usually a symptom of metabolic defects
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Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness…
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Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.an abnormal enlargement of the heart; "mild cardiomegaly is common in athletes"
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Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reeling, sensation, feeling, fall.To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reeling, sensation, feeling, fall.A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reeling, sensation, feeling, fall.Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a shivering.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reeling, sensation, feeling, fall.A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reeling, sensation, feeling, fall.To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reeling, sensation, feeling, fall.To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reeling, sensation, feeling, fall.Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reeling, sensation, feeling, fall.Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reeling, sensation, feeling, fall.The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured po…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reeling, sensation, feeling, fall.To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reeling, sensation, feeling, fall.To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those…
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