creatine Hear it!

creatine definition

crea·tine (krē′ə tēn′, -tin)

noun

a crystalline substance, CHNO, present in muscle tissue, usually in the form of phosphocreatine

Etymology: < Gr kreas, flesh (see crude) + -ine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.