Usually means: Breakdown of ketone bodies for energy.
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▸ noun:  (biochemistry) The breakdown of ketones (formed by fatty acid oxidation)

Similar:
ketogenesis, ketolase, beta-oxidation, keratinolysis, lysis, enzymolysis, catabolysis, ketosynthase, lipolysis, phosphoketolase, more...

Opposite:
ketogenesis, lipogenesis, lipolysis

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Similar:
ketogenesis, ketolase, beta-oxidation, keratinolysis, lysis, enzymolysis, catabolysis, ketosynthase, lipolysis, phosphoketolase, more...

Opposite:
ketogenesis, lipogenesis, lipolysis



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