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PHOSPHOCREATINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does phosphocreatine mean?
• PHOSPHOCREATINE (noun)
The noun PHOSPHOCREATINE has 1 sense:
1. an organic compound of creatine and phosphoric acid; found in the muscles of vertebrates where its hydrolysis releases energy for muscular contraction
Familiarity information: PHOSPHOCREATINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An organic compound of creatine and phosphoric acid; found in the muscles of vertebrates where its hydrolysis releases energy for muscular contraction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
creatine phosphate; creatine phosphoric acid; phosphocreatine
Hypernyms ("phosphocreatine" is a kind of...):
organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)
Context examples
An enzyme complex that can reversibly convert ATP and creatine to phosphocreatine and ADP.
(Creatine Kinase, NCI Thesaurus)
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