CREATINE PHOSPHATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does creatine phosphate mean? • CREATINE PHOSPHATE (noun)
The noun CREATINE PHOSPHATE 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: CREATINE PHOSPHATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CREATINE PHOSPHATE (noun)
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 ("creatine phosphate" is a kind of...):
organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)
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