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phosphocreatine definition

phospho·crea·tine (fäs′fō krē′ə tēn′, -tin)

noun

a compound, CHNOP, in vertebrate muscle, derived from creatine and used as a backup energy source because it reacts with ADP to replenish the ATP and creatine used in muscle contraction

Etymology: phospho- + creatine

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

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