Ketogenesis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The formation of ketone bodies, as occurs in diabetes.
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  • n. The metabolic breakdown of fatty acids to produce ketone bodies.
    • Word Usage
    "The Friedman-Stricker article discusses a particular event in the liver that could trigger the hunger signal: a shift away from "oxidative metabolism" (the Krebs cycle for making energy out of anything) to direct production of glucose and ketone bodies (gluconeogenesis and ketogenesis - remember these from "diabetes is like starvation" above?)."
    Cross Reference
    ketoacidosis    ketosis   
    Form
    ketogenic   
     
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