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glyceroketone

glyceroketone noun: dihydroxyacetone.

Noun

glyceroketone (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) dihydroxyacetone

Origin of glyceroketone

From glycero- + ketone.

Questions about glyceroketone

What does glyceroketone mean?
Glyceroketone means dihydroxyacetone.
What part of speech is glyceroketone?
Glyceroketone is a noun.

Words near glyceroketone in the dictionary

  1. glycerogel
  2. glycerogels
  3. glycerogenesis
  4. glyceroglycolipid
  5. glyceroglycolipids
  6. glyceroketone
  7. glycerokinase
  8. glycerokinases
  9. glycerol
  10. glycerol rhizotomies
  11. glycerol rhizotomy

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