CREATINE PHOSPHORIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does creatine phosphoric acid mean? 

• CREATINE PHOSPHORIC ACID (noun)
  The noun CREATINE PHOSPHORIC ACID has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CREATINE PHOSPHORIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CREATINE PHOSPHORIC ACID (noun)

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

creatine phosphate; creatine phosphoric acid; phosphocreatine

Hypernyms ("creatine phosphoric acid" is a kind of...):

organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)