citric acid cycle

Questions about citric acid cycle

What does citric acid cycle mean?

citric acid cycle means "in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high-energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy".

What is another word for citric acid cycle?

Close synonyms include Krebs cycle, Krebs citric acid cycle, tricarboxylic acid cycle. 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 citric acid cycle a common word?

citric acid cycle 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.