creatine phosphate

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsphosphocreatinecreatine phosphoric acid

   Broaderorganic compound

Questions about creatine phosphate

What does creatine phosphate mean?

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

What is another word for creatine phosphate?

Close synonyms include phosphocreatine, creatine phosphoric acid. 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 creatine phosphate a common word?

creatine phosphate 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.