ketonemia

noun

ke·​to·​ne·​mia ˌkē-t​ə-​ˈnē-​mē-​ə 

medical

: a condition marked by an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the circulating blood

Normally, when blood glucose decreases for more than a couple of hours, ketonemia develops in response to decreased insulin and the brain will use ketones as an alternative endogenous fuel.

—Camille Vandenberghe et al.

compare ketonuria

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

ketonemia

noun

ke·​to·​ne·​mia

variants or chiefly British ketonaemia

ˌkēt-ə-ˈnē-mē-ə 

1

: a condition marked by an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the circulating blood

called also hyperketonemia

2

: ketosis sense 2

ketonemic adjective

or chiefly British ketonaemic

-ˈnē-mik