ACETONE BODY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acetone body mean? 

• ACETONE BODY (noun)
  The noun ACETONE BODY has 1 sense:

1. a ketone that is an intermediate product of the breakdown of fats in the body; any of three compounds (acetoacetic acid, acetone, and/or beta-hydroxybutyric acid) found in excess in blood and urine of persons with metabolic disorders

  Familiarity information: ACETONE BODY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACETONE BODY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ketone that is an intermediate product of the breakdown of fats in the body; any of three compounds (acetoacetic acid, acetone, and/or beta-hydroxybutyric acid) found in excess in blood and urine of persons with metabolic disorders

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

acetone body; ketone body

Hypernyms ("acetone body" is a kind of...):

ketone (any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acetone body"):

acetoacetic acid (unstable acid found in abnormal amounts in the blood and urine in some cases of impaired metabolism (as diabetes mellitus or starvation))

beta-hydroxybutyric acid (beta derivative of hydroxybutyric acid that is found in the blood and urine in some cases of impaired metabolism)