ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does adenosine diphosphate mean? • ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE (noun)
The noun ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE has 1 sense:
1. an ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage
Familiarity information: ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE (noun)
Meaning:
An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
adenosine diphosphate; ADP
Hypernyms ("adenosine diphosphate" is a kind of...):
nucleotide (a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA))
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