anti-ketogenic
|an-ti-ke-to-gen-ic|
/ˌæn.tiː.kiːtəˈdʒɛnɪk/
opposes ketone production
Etymology
'anti-ketogenic' originates from combining the Greek prefix 'anti-' meaning 'against' and the modern scientific formation 'ketogenic', where 'keto-' is derived from 'ketone' (a 19th-century chemical name, from French 'cétone' via German 'Keton') and the suffix '-genic' comes from Greek 'gennan'/'-genes' meaning 'producing'.
'anti-' (Greek) + 'ketogenic' (a Neo-Latin/English scientific adjective formed from 'ketone' + '-genic') were joined in modern English scientific usage (20th century onward) to form the compound adjective 'anti-ketogenic'.
Initially meant literally 'against ketone production' in biochemical contexts, and it has retained that technical sense to describe foods, drugs, or processes that prevent ketogenesis.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
opposing, inhibiting, or preventing ketogenesis or the state of ketosis; describing a food, drug, or process that reduces or prevents the production of ketone bodies.
A high-carbohydrate meal is anti-ketogenic because it prevents the body from entering ketosis.
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