BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beta-hydroxybutyric acid mean? 

• BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID (noun)
  The noun BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. beta derivative of hydroxybutyric acid that is found in the blood and urine in some cases of impaired metabolism

  Familiarity information: BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beta derivative of hydroxybutyric acid that is found in the blood and urine in some cases of impaired metabolism

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("beta-hydroxybutyric acid" is a kind of...):

acetone body; ketone body (a ketone that is an intermediate product of the breakdown of fats in the body; any of three compounds (acetoacetic acid, acetone, and/or beta-hydroxybutyric acid) found in excess in blood and urine of persons with metabolic disorders)

hydroxybutyric acid; oxybutyric acid (hydroxy derivative of butyric acid)

 Context examples 

A measurement of the ketone bodies (acetone, acetoacetic acid, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, beta-ketopentanoate and beta-hydroxypentanoate) in a biological specimen.

(Ketone BodyMeasurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of ketone bodies (acetone, acetoacetic acid, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, beta-ketopentanoate and beta-hydroxypentanoate) present in a sample.

(Ketone BodyMeasurement, NCI Thesaurus)