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HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hydroxybutyric acid mean?
• HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID (noun)
The noun HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. hydroxy derivative of butyric acid
Familiarity information: HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hydroxy derivative of butyric acid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
hydroxybutyric acid; oxybutyric acid
Hypernyms ("hydroxybutyric acid" is a kind of...):
butanoic acid; butyric acid (an unpleasant smelling fatty acid found especially in butter)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hydroxybutyric acid"):
beta-hydroxybutyric acid (beta derivative of hydroxybutyric acid that is found in the blood and urine in some cases of impaired metabolism)
Context examples
A measurement of the ketone bodies (acetone, acetoacetic acid, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, beta-ketopentanoate and beta-hydroxypentanoate) in a biological specimen.
(Ketone BodyMeasurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The determination of the amount of ketone bodies (acetone, acetoacetic acid, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, beta-ketopentanoate and beta-hydroxypentanoate) present in a sample.
(Ketone BodyMeasurement, NCI Thesaurus)
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