Hypertext Webster Gateway: "creatin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Creatin \Cre"a*tin\ (kr?"?-t?n), n. [Gr. ??? flesh.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance found abundantly
in muscle tissue. [Written also {kreatine}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
creatin
n : 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 [syn: {creatine}]
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