Glycolysis Definition

glī-kŏlə-sĭs
noun
A complex series of cellular biochemical reactions, not requiring oxygen, that splits glucose, glycogen, or other carbohydrates into pyruvic, or lactic, acid while storing energy in ATP molecules.
Webster's New World
A metabolic process that occurs in nearly all living cells in which glucose is converted in a series of steps to pyruvic acid and during which energy is released in the form of ATP.
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Origin of Glycolysis

  • glyco- +‎ -lysis

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Glycolysis Sentence Examples

  • After a few minutes aerobic glycolysis becomes dominant to prevent the build up of toxic levels of lactate in the blood.

  • Very early into these workouts, an ever-increasing amount of energy needs to be fuelled without oxygen, resulting in oxygen-independent glycolysis.

  • The first chapter of this lactate parable will center around a key physiological process called glycolysis.

  • They suggest that the tempo of the game may be crucial to whether anaerobic glycolysis is significant or not.

  • This leaves the cycle, and two of these triose phosphate molecules combine to form one glucose molecule using the glycolysis enzymes in reverse.

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