adenosine triphosphate

1. 1.

   a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions

   SynonymsATP

   Broadernucleotide

Questions about adenosine triphosphate

What does adenosine triphosphate mean?

adenosine triphosphate means "a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions".

What is another word for adenosine triphosphate?

Close synonyms include ATP. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is adenosine triphosphate a common word?

adenosine triphosphate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.