Word.ws English Dictionary

ketogenesis

/ˌkiːtəʊˈd͡ʒɛnɪsɪs/

ketogenesis noun: the metabolic breakdown of fatty acids to produce ketone bodies.

Noun

ketogenesis (uncountable)

  1. The metabolic breakdown of fatty acids to produce ketone bodies.

Origin of ketogenesis

From keto- + -genesis.

Words formed from ketogenesis

Questions about ketogenesis

What does ketogenesis mean?
Ketogenesis means the metabolic breakdown of fatty acids to produce ketone bodies.
What part of speech is ketogenesis?
Ketogenesis is a noun.
How do you pronounce ketogenesis?
Ketogenesis is pronounced /ˌkiːtəʊˈd͡ʒɛnɪsɪs/.

Words near ketogenesis in the dictionary

  1. ketoester
  2. ketoesters
  3. ketofuranose
  4. ketofuranoses
  5. ketogenesic
  6. ketogenesis
  7. ketogenetic
  8. ketogenic
  9. ketogenic diet
  10. ketogenic diets
  11. ketogluconate

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ketogenesis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “ketogenesis.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/ketogenesis. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.