KETONE
\kˈɛtə͡ʊn], \kˈɛtəʊn], \k_ˈɛ_t_əʊ_n]\
Definitions of KETONE
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A chemical compound which contains the CO group (ketone group) in combination with two atoms of carbon, e. g., CH3CO.CH3, dimethyl ketone. An oxidation product of a secondary alcohol, thus bearing the same relation to the latter that an aldehyd does to a primary alcohol.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).