Relating to or characterized by acetonaemia; describing a condition where acetone levels in the blood are abnormally elevated.
From acetonaemia + -ic (adjective suffix), a medical term created in the early 1900s to describe patients experiencing this dangerous metabolic state.
When doctors call a patient 'acetonaemic,' they're warning that something serious is happening at the metabolic level—it's one of those medical adjectives that signals an emergency condition requiring immediate intervention.
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