See Also: keto-(dictionary)
keto-(medicine)
keto acid(medicine)
progesterone 20-keto-reductase(medicine)
S-warfarin keto reductase(medicine)
CHO aldo-keto reductase(medicine)
2-keto-3-deoxygluconate permease(medicine)
2-keto-3-deoxygluconate aldolase(medicine)
2-keto-3-deoxy-L-pentonate aldolase(medicine)
CDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-D-glucose-3-dehydrase(medicine)

keto- (iou)



keto- combining form. Before a vowel also ket-. In sense 2 also as attrib. adjective keto.
[from KETONE: see -O-.]
Chiefly Chemistry & Medicine. Of a ketone or ketones.
Chemistry. Designating or containing a ketone group, esp. as opp. to an enolic group.
keto-'acid noun a compound whose molecule contains both a ketone group and a carboxylic acid group E20.
ketoaci'dosis noun acidosis due to enhanced production of ketone bodies M20.
keto-compound noun a compound containing a ketone group L19.
keto-'enol,
keto-e'nolic adjectives designating tautomerism between keto and enol forms of a compound E20.
keto'genesis noun metabolic production of ketone bodies E20.
keto'genic adjective producing ketone bodies; spec. (of a diet) rich in fats and low in carbohydrates, sometimes used therapeutically in epilepsy to produce ketosis;
ketogenic steroid,
17-ketogenic steroid, a steroid which yields a (17-)ketosteroid on oxidation: E20.
-keto'glutarate noun a salt or ester of -ketoglutaric acid E20.
-ketoglu'taric adjective:
-ketoglutaric acid, a dibasic keto-acid, HOOCCOCH2CH2COOH, formed by oxidation and decarboxylation of isocitric acid in the Krebs cycle E20.
keto'hexose noun a ketose with six carbon atoms L19.
keto'pentose noun a ketose with five carbon atoms E20.
keto'steroid noun a steroid whose molecule contains a ketone group, esp. (in full
17-ketosteroid) one with this group at the carbon atom designated 17 M20.
ke'toxime noun an oxime of a ketone, a compound of the general formula RR'CNOH (where the Rs are alkyl groups) L19.