Usually means: Production of ketones from fat.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. ketogenesis: Merriam-Webster
  2. ketogenesis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. ketogenesis: Collins English Dictionary
  4. ketogenesis: Wiktionary
  5. ketogenesis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. ketogenesis: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. ketogenesis: Dictionary.com
  8. Ketogenesis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. ketogenesis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ketogenesis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. ketogenesis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. ketogenesis: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  (physiology, biochemistry) The metabolic breakdown of fatty acids to produce ketone bodies.

Similar:
ketolysis, keratinolysis, beta-oxidation, ketosynthase, lipogenesis, glycerogenesis, antiketogenesis, acetogenesis, catabolysis, lipolysis, more...

Opposite:
gluconeogenesis, glycolysis

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Similar:
ketolysis, keratinolysis, beta-oxidation, ketosynthase, lipogenesis, glycerogenesis, antiketogenesis, acetogenesis, catabolysis, lipolysis, more...

Opposite:
gluconeogenesis, glycolysis



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