English Explanatory Dictionary

ketone body

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several compounds that are intermediates in the metabolism of fatty acids; principally acetoacetate and acetone (together with hydroxybutyrate which is not a ketone)

Word forms

ketone body ketone bodies
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