ketone bodies

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ketone bodies

▶plural noun Biochemistry three related compounds produced during the metabolism of fats and synthesized in the liver during starvation for use as an alternative energy source to glucose.

'ketone bodies' also found in these Oxford entries:

ketonaemia - ketonuria - ketosis

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