ketonuria

noun

ke·​ton·​uria ˌkē-t​ə-​ˈn(y)u̇r-ē-ə 

medical

: the presence of excess ketone bodies in the urine

Patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes treated with insulin need to check their urine for ketones … . If ketonuria is present it is because there is not enough insulin in the blood.

—Samantha Rosindale

compare ketonemia

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

ketonuria

noun

ke·​ton·​uria ˌkēt-ə-ˈn(y)u̇r-ē-ə 

: the presence of excess ketone bodies in the urine in conditions (as diabetes mellitus and starvation acidosis) involving reduced or disturbed carbohydrate metabolism

called also acetonuria