KETONE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | 'keetown
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| Matching Terms: | | Ketone bodies, ketone body, ketone group, ketonemia, Ketonic, ketonuria
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals |
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| | See Also: | | acetone, acetone body, butanone, Clinoril, dimethyl ketone, flavin, ketone body, methyl ethyl ketone, nabumetone, organic compound, propanone, Relafen, sulindac, Tolectin, tolmetin sodium | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ke"tone\ (k[=e]"t[=o]n), n. [Cf. {Acetone}.] (Chem.)
One of a large class of organic substances resembling the
aldehydes, obtained by the distillation of certain salts of
organic acids and consisting of carbonyl ({CO}) united with
two hydrocarbon radicals. In general the ketones are
colorless volatile liquids having a pungent ethereal odor.
Note: The ketones are named by adding the suffix-one to the
stems of the organic acids from which they are
respectively derived; thus, acetic acid gives acetone;
butyric acid, butyrone, etc.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | break down product of fat that accumulates in the blood as a result of inadequate insulin or inadequate calorie intake. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A carbon atom double-bonded to an oxygen and single-bonded to two chemical groups (such as methane, benzene, anything besides hydrogen). The carbon-oxygen double bond part is known as a carbonyl group (-C=O). An example is acetone, which is a carbonyl group attached to two methanes (methyl groups: -CH3). |
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