| starvation acidosis | Ketoacidosis resulting from lack of food intake, leading to fat catabolism to provide energy, releasing acidic ketone bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| starvation diabetes | After prolonged fasting, glycosuria following the ingestion of carbohydrate or glucose because of reduced output of insulin and/or reduced rate of glucose metabolism with a reduced ability to form glycogen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| starve | 1. To destroy with cold. "From beds of raging fire, to starve in ice Their soft ethereal warmth." (Milton) 2. To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder. 3. To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender. "Attalus endeavored to starve Italy by stopping their convoy of provisions from Africa." (Arbuthnot) 4. To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air. 5. To deprive of force or vigor; to disable. "The pens of historians, writing thereof, seemed starved for matter in an age so fruitful of memorable actions." (Fuller) "The powers of their minds are starved by disuse." (Locke) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| starwort | <botany> Any plant of the genus Aster. See Aster. A small plant of the genus Stellaria, having star-shaped flowers; star flower; chickweed. Water starwort, an aquatic plant (Callitriche verna) having some resemblance to chickweed. Yellow starwort, a plant of the genus Inula; elecampane. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |