Meanings
adjectiveketogenic (comparative more ketogenic, superlative most ketogenic)
comparative more ketogenic · superlative most ketogenic · alternative short form keto
- biochemistryRelating to ketogenesis.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- GermanKeton
- Englishketone
- Englishketo-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
- Proto-Hellenic*génos
- Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
- Englishketogenic
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 生酮
- 生酮 (shēngtóng)relating to ketogenesis
French cétogénique
- cétogéniquerelating to ketogenesis
Hungarian ketogén
- ketogénrelating to ketogenesis
Italian chetogeno
- chetogenorelating to ketogenesis
Portuguese cetogênico, cetogénico
- cetogênicorelating to ketogenesis
- cetogénicorelating to ketogenesis
Spanish cetogénico
- cetogénicorelating to ketogenesis
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ketogenic
Helleniccryogenicpathogenichygieniccarcinogenicanthropogenicschizophrenicantigenicallergenichypoallergenicmutagenicphotogenicbiogenicspleniclinolenichallucinogenicthermogeniconcogenicasthenicsthenicgenicgalenicfenneceugenic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
ketogenic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ketogenic
MLA
“ketogenic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ketogenic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ketogenic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ketogenic.
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