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GLYCOLYSIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does glycolysis mean?

• GLYCOLYSIS (noun)
The noun GLYCOLYSIS has 1 sense:

1. a metabolic process that breaks down carbohydrates and sugars through a series of reactions to either pyruvic acid or lactic acid and release energy for the body in the form of ATP

Familiarity information: GLYCOLYSIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GLYCOLYSIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A metabolic process that breaks down carbohydrates and sugars through a series of reactions to either pyruvic acid or lactic acid and release energy for the body in the form of ATP

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("glycolysis" is a kind of...):

metabolic process; metabolism; metastasis (the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life)

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