ketone : Idioms & Phrases


dimethyl ketone

  • noun the simplest ketone; a highly inflammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics
    acetone; propanone.
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ketone body

  • noun a ketone that is an intermediate product of the breakdown of fats in the body; any of three compounds (acetoacetic acid, acetone, and/or beta-hydroxybutyric acid) found in excess in blood and urine of persons with metabolic disorders
    acetone body.
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ketone group

  • noun a group having the characteristic properties of ketones
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methyl ethyl ketone

  • noun colorless soluble flammable liquid ketone used as a solvent for resins and as a paint remover and in lacquers and cements and adhesives and cleaning fluids and celluloid
    butanone.
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