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ketone bodies

ketone bodies is the plural of ketone body.

Meaning of ketone body

Noun

ketone body (plural ketone bodies)

  1. Any of several compounds that are intermediates in the metabolism of fatty acids; principally acetoacetate and acetone (together with hydroxybutyrate which is not a ketone)

Questions about ketone bodies

What is ketone bodies the plural of?
Ketone bodies is the plural of ketone body.

Words near ketone bodies in the dictionary

  1. ketomycolic acid
  2. ketomycolic acids
  3. ketonaemia
  4. ketonaemic
  5. ketone
  6. ketone bodies
  7. ketone body
  8. ketonemia
  9. ketonemias
  10. ketonemic
  11. ketones

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