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Definition of Acetoacetic acid
1. Noun. Unstable acid found in abnormal amounts in the blood and urine in some cases of impaired metabolism (as diabetes mellitus or starvation).
Definition of Acetoacetic acid
1. Noun. (organic compound) The ketonic carboxylic acid CH3-CO-CH2-COOH, that is present in the urine of people suffering from starvation or some forms of diabetes ¹
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Medical Definition of Acetoacetic acid
1. CH3COCH2COOH;one of the ketone bodies, formed in excess and appearing in the urine in starvation or diabetes. Synonym: diacetic acid. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acetoacetic Acid
Literary usage of Acetoacetic acid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Physiological chemistry: A Text-book and Manual for Students by Albert Prescott Mathews (1916)
"By this heating the acetoacetic acid is decomposed, acetone is liberated and
absorbed by ... Quantitative determination of acetone and acetoacetic acid and ..."
2. Practical physiological chemistry by Philip Bovier Hawk (1918)
"tion of acetoacetic acid. Furthermore, it is believed that fatty acids higher
than butyric acid in the series also yield acetoacetic acid by oxidation. ..."
3. Chemistry of Food and Nutrition by Henry Clapp Sherman (1921)
"Normally the acetoacetic acid should yield two molecules of acetic, which in turn
should burn to carbon dioxide and water. The sequence of changes from ..."
4. Oxidations and Reductions in the Animal Body by Henry Drysdale Dakin (1922)
"(d) If the acetoacetic acid be formed from phenylalanine and tyrosine in the
manner indicated, an adequate explanation is afforded of the striking ..."
5. A Textbook of physiological chemistry by Olof Hammarsten (1906)
"A portion of the urine slightly acidified and boiled does not give this reaction
on account of the decomposition of the acetoacetic acid. ..."
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