creatine phosphate

noun

Phosphocreatine.

Similar
CPcreatine-Pphosphocreatinecreatine phosphoric acid

Meanings

nouncreatine phosphate (plural creatine phosphates)

plural creatine phosphates

  1. biochemistryPhosphocreatine.

    Synonyms: CP, creatine-P

Synonyms & antonyms

nounPhosphocreatine.

More synonyms by meaning

nounan organic compound of creatine and phosphoric acid; found in the muscles of vertebrates where its hydrolysis releases energy for muscular contraction

Similar
phosphocreatinecreatine phosphoric acid

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Italian creatinfosfato
  • creatinfosfatophosphocreatine — see also phosphocreatine
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