starvation acidosis

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   acidosis in which the acidity results from lack of food which leads to fat catabolism which in turn releases acidic ketone bodies

   Broaderacidosis

Questions about starvation acidosis

What does starvation acidosis mean?

starvation acidosis means "acidosis in which the acidity results from lack of food which leads to fat catabolism which in turn releases acidic ketone bodies".

Is starvation acidosis a common word?

starvation acidosis 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.