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  • acetone the simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics
  • flavin a ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin
  • ketone body 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
  • ketosteroid a steroid containing a ketone group
  • iddm severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease
  • ketonuria excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation
  • type i diabetes severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease
  • ketoacidosis acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus
  • acetonemia an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus
  • diabetic acidosis acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus
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