In 1945, a woman named Beulah Hunter, who was 25 at the time, gave birth to a healthy, normal daughter named Penny Diana after the record-breaking pregnancy. According to the New Health Guide, the length of the pregnancy was verified by her menstrual cycle and the date of her positive pregnancy test.
In chemistry, a ketone (alkanone) /ËkiËtoÊn/ is an organic compound with the structure RC(=O)R', where R and R' can be a variety of carbon-containing substituents. Ketones and aldehydes are simple compounds that contain a carbonyl group (a carbon-oxygen double bond).
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Related to Ketones: ketoacidosis, ketosis, diabetic ketoacidosis. A class of acidic organic compounds that includes acetone and aceto-acetic acid. Ketones have a carbonyl group, CO, linked to two other carbon atoms. They are formed in states of carbohydrate deficiency such as starvation or in conditions, such as DIABETES, in which carbohydrates cannot be normally utilized. Acetone, aceto-acetic acid and beta-hydroxybutyric acid are called ketone bodies.