acetoacetic acid

1. 1.

   unstable acid found in abnormal amounts in the blood and urine in some cases of impaired metabolism (as diabetes mellitus or starvation)

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Questions about acetoacetic acid

What does acetoacetic acid mean?

acetoacetic acid means "unstable acid found in abnormal amounts in the blood and urine in some cases of impaired metabolism (as diabetes mellitus or starvation)".

Is acetoacetic acid a common word?

acetoacetic acid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.