CREATIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does creatin mean? 

• CREATIN (noun)
  The noun CREATIN has 1 sense:

1. an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine; supplies energy for muscle contraction

  Familiarity information: CREATIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CREATIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine; supplies energy for muscle contraction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

creatin; creatine

Hypernyms ("creatin" is a kind of...):

amino acid; aminoalkanoic acid (organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group)