ketone body (English, noun)
expansion: ketone body (plural ketone bodies)
Senses:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: 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)
Forms:
form: ketone bodies
tags: plural