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al·pha-ke·to·glu·ta·rate
variants:
or α-ketoglutarate \ ˌal-fə-ˌkēt-ō-glü-ˈtä-ˌrāt, -ˈglüt-ə-ˌrāt 
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\Medical Definition of alpha-ketoglutarate
: a ketoglutarate of alpha-ketoglutaric acid
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