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Acetoacetic Acid

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Noun

1. acetoacetic acid

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Acetoacetic Acid

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n.
An organic acid, C4H6O3, that is one of the ketone bodies that accumulate in the blood and urine when fat is being metabolized.

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