| NOUN | substance | ketone | any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals |
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| Sounds | kiy'town | |
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| Rhymes | acetone ... zone: 126 rhymes with own... | |
| Meaning | Any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals. | |
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| Narrower | acetone, propanone, dimethyl ketone | The simplest ketone |
| butanone, methyl ethyl ketone | colorless soluble flammable liquid ketone used as a solvent for resins and as a paint remover and in lacquers and cements and adhesives and cleaning fluids and celluloid | |
| flavin | A ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin | |
| ketone body, acetone body | A ketone that is an intermediate product of the breakdown of fats in the body | |
| Broader | organic compound | Any compound of carbon and another element or a radical |
| Substance of | nabumetone, Relafen | A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Relafen) |
| sulindac, Clinoril | A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril) | |
| tolmetin sodium, Tolectin | A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Tolectin) | |
| Spanish | cetona, quetona | |
| Catalan | cetona | |
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