Meanings
nounmevalolactone (uncountable)
- uncountablechemistryThe lactone of mevalonic acid
Compounds that were negatively correlated with fatty acid odor were mevalolactone, quinic acid, 2-oxoglutaric acid, N,N-dimethylhistidine, and pyruvic acid (Table 3 ).
2016 March 4, “Different Polar Metabolites and Protein Profiles between High- and Low-Quality Japanese Ginjo Sake”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰu
- Proto-Hellenic*métʰu
- Ancient Greekμέθυ (méthu)
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- GermanMethy
- Englishmethyl
- Englishvalerian
- Englishvaleric
- GermanKeton
- Englishketone
- Englishmevalonic
- Latinlac
- Englishlacto-
- Englishlactone
- Englishmevalolactone
From mevalonic acid + lactone.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mevalolactone
spironolactonelactoneanislactonebislactonedilactoneenterolactoneiminolactoneiodolactonekavalactoneketolactonemacrolactoneoligolactonepeptidolactonepolylactonethiolactonetrilactonexylonolactone
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
mevalolactone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mevalolactone
MLA
“mevalolactone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mevalolactone. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mevalolactone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mevalolactone.
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