kussmaul's coma

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   coma that can develop in inadequately treated cases of diabetes mellitus

   Synonymsdiabetic coma

   Broadercoma

Questions about kussmaul's coma

What does kussmaul's coma mean?

kussmaul's coma means "coma that can develop in inadequately treated cases of diabetes mellitus".

What is another word for kussmaul's coma?

Close synonyms include diabetic coma. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kussmaul's coma a common word?

kussmaul's coma is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.