Meanings
plural pyruvates
- biochemistryAny salt or ester of pyruvic acid.
1 more example
On the other hand, it can be observed that, with small exceptions, the S. pneumonia strains are the only Streptococci equipped with homospermidine biosynthesis and pyruvate oxidation pathways, which have been found to be involved in pathogenicity mechanisms [50 ] and in the counteraction of oxidative stress [51 ].
2015 September 15, “Assessing the Metabolic Diversity of Streptococcus from a Protein Domain Point of View”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- New Latinacidum pyruvicum
- Englishpyruvic acid
- Englishpyruvate
From pyruvic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish pyruvaatti
- pyruvaattiany salt or ester of pyruvic acid
Japanese 焦性葡萄酸塩
- 焦性葡萄酸塩 (shōseibudōsan'en)any salt or ester of pyruvic acid
Spanish piruvato
- piruvatoany salt or ester of pyruvic acid
Swedish pyruvat
- pyruvatany salt or ester of pyruvic acid
Cite this entry
pyruvate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyruvate
“pyruvate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyruvate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pyruvate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyruvate.
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