See Also: Ketone(medicine)
ketone(dictionary)
Ketone(health)
ketone(encyclopedia)
ketone bodies(medicine)
ketone body(medicine)
ketone oxidoreductases(medicine)
ketone alcohol(medicine)
dimethyl ketone(medicine)
aldehyde-ketone transferases(medicine)

ketone (iou)



ketone noun. M19.
[German Keton alt. of Aketon ACETONE.]
Chemistry. Any of a class of compounds typified by acetone, which have the general structure RR'CO (where the Rs are alkyl groups), and are formed esp. by the partial oxidation of secondary alcohols.
Comb.: ketone body Biochemistry each of the three related compounds acetone, acetoacetic acid, and -hydroxybutyric acid, which are produced in fatty- and amino-acid metabolism; ketone group the carbonyl group :CO when attached to two carbon atoms in a molecule.
ketonic adjective of or pertaining to ketones; of the nature of a ketone: L19.
ketoni'zation noun the process of changing from an enol form into a keto form M20.
ketonize verb intrans. undergo ketonization M20.