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phenylketone

phenylketone noun: any phenyl ketone C₆H₅CO-R.

Noun

phenylketone (plural phenylketones)

  1. Any phenyl ketone C₆H₅CO-R

Forms of phenylketone

pluralphenylketones

Origin of phenylketone

phenyl + ketone

Words formed from phenylketone

Questions about phenylketone

What does phenylketone mean?
Phenylketone means any phenyl ketone C₆H₅CO-R.
What part of speech is phenylketone?
Phenylketone is a noun.
What is the plural of phenylketone?
The plural of phenylketone is phenylketones.

Words near phenylketone in the dictionary

  1. phenylisopropyladenosines
  2. phenylisopropylamine
  3. phenylisothiocyanate
  4. phenylisothiocyanates
  5. phenylium
  6. phenylketone
  7. phenylketones
  8. phenylketoneuria
  9. phenylketonuria
  10. phenylketonurias
  11. phenylketonuric

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