cetosis
Spanish, noun[seˈt̪osis]
cetosis is spelled C-E-T-O-S-I-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 130,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cetosis is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ketosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Situación metabólica del organismo originada por un déficit en el aporte de carbohidratos, lo que induce el…”.
What does cetosis mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineketosis
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Situación metabólica del organismo originada por un déficit en el aporte de carbohidratos, lo que induce el catabolismo de las grasas a fin de obtener energía, generando unos compuestos denominados cuerpos cetónicos, los cuales descomponen las grasas en cadenas más cortas, generando acetoacetato que es usado como energía por el cerebro y el resto de los órganos del cuerpo humano.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce cetosis?
- [seˈt̪osis]
- [θeˈt̪osis]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cetosis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cetosis in Spanish?
cetosis appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).