Dictionary.com Thesaurus.com

ketolysis

American

[ki-tol-uh-sis] / kɪˈtɒl ə sɪs /

noun

Chemistry.

the breaking down of ketones.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

ketolytic

adjective

Inflected Forms

noun

ketolyses

plural

Etymology

Origin of ketolysis

First recorded in 1935–40; keto- + -lysis

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.