ketone : Idioms & Phrases
dimethyl ketone
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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
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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
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noun a group having the characteristic properties of ketones
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methyl ethyl ketone
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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.