What does ketide mean?

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ketide

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ketides (plural)

decaketide diketide heptaketide hexaketide ketidic nonaketide octaketide oligoketide pentaketide PKZILLA polyketide tetraketide

What does ketide mean?: Any organic compound containing adjacent methylene and carbonyl functional groups.

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