"MEK" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} MEK
  1. (organic chemistry) Initialism of methyl ethyl ketone. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: methyl ethyl ketone Categories (topical): Organic compounds Synonyms: butanone
    Sense id: en-MEK-en-noun--ulYUMSt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 28 30 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  2. Initialism of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase
    Sense id: en-MEK-en-noun-62O8ZLzt Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks
  3. Initialism of Mojahedin-e-Khalq. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Mojahedin-e-Khalq
    Sense id: en-MEK-en-noun-QkonylA0 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: MEKP

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