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Definition of Acetone

1. Noun. The simplest ketone; a highly inflammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics.

Definition of Acetone

1. n. A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime.

Definition of Acetone

1. Noun. (organic compound) A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH₃)₂CO, used as a solvent. ¹

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Definition of Acetone

1. a flammable liquid [n -S] : ACETONIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Acetone

1. A colourless, flammable liquid which is used as a solvent (it is most familiar as the solvent in nail polish remover). The simplest ketone, it mixes with water, ethyl alcohol, and most oils. It melts at -95.4 deg C. And boils at 56.2 deg C. It is naturally found in very tiny quantities in the body fluids and tissues of healthy people and in somewhat larger amounts in people suffering from diabetes or starvation. (11 Mar 1998)

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