Usually means: Organic compound with hydroxyl, ketone groups.
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  2. hydroxyketone: Wiktionary
  3. hydroxyketone: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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▸ noun:  (organic chemistry) Any hydroxy derivative of a ketone; a ketone with hydroxy group bonded to it.

Similar:
dihydroxyketone, hydroxyacetone, dihaloketone, hydroxydienone, hydroxyaldehyde, hydroxyderivative, keto, hydroxy acid, ketone, hydroxyacyl, more...

Opposite:
ketoalcohol, alkanol, alkanone

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Similar:
dihydroxyketone, hydroxyacetone, dihaloketone, hydroxydienone, hydroxyaldehyde, hydroxyderivative, keto, hydroxy acid, ketone, hydroxyacyl, more...

Opposite:
ketoalcohol, alkanol, alkanone



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