Blood ketones are primarily used to screen for, detect, and monitor a serious, sometimes life-threatening condition called diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in people with type 1 and sometimes type 2 diabetes.
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n., v. crabbed, crabâ¢bing. n. 1. any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having a wide and flattened body, with a small abdomen folded under the thorax. 2. any of various crablike arthropods, as the horseshoe crab. 3. (cap.) cancer (def. 3).