ket
1 of 4noun (1)
ˈket
plural ket
1
dialectal, British
a
: carrion
b
: filth, rubbish
2
dialectal, British : a good-for-nothing person
ket
2 of 4noun (2)
"
plural ket
Scottish
: a fleece of wool
Ket
3 of 4noun (3)
"
plural Ket or Kets
1
a
: a people of the middle Yenisei region of Siberia
b
: a member of such people
2
: the Yeniseian language of the Ket people
ket-
4 of 4combining form
variants or keto-
1
usually keto-
a
: containing the ketone group
keto hexose
—in names of classes of compounds compare ald- b
: containing a ketone group regarded as formed by replacement of two hydrogen atoms in a methylene group by oxygen —in names of specific organic compounds
ketopropionic acid
compare ox- c
usually italic : containing an unmodified ketone group —in names of open-chain ketonic forms of specific sugars
keto-d-fructose
compare aldehydo- sense 1 2
: related to a ketone
ketoxime
compare ald- 
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, flesh, meat, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse kjöt flesh, meat, Old Swedish köt, kiot, kiöt; perhaps akin to Sanskrit guda bowel, rectum
Noun (2)
probably alteration of cot entry 3
Combining form
International Scientific Vocabulary, from ketone