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cre⋅a⋅tine

  [kree-uh-teen, -tin]
–noun Biochemistry.
an amino acid, C4H9N3O2, that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
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Origin:
1830–40; creat- (< Gk kreat-, s. of kréas) flesh + -ine 2
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cre·a·tine   (krē'ə-tēn', -tĭn)   
n.  A nitrogenous organic acid, C4H9N3O2, that is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates mainly in the form of phosphocreatine and supplies energy for muscle contraction.

[French créatine : from Greek kreas, kreat-, flesh; see kreuə- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

creatine 
1840, from Gk. kreas "flesh, meat." Organic base discovered 1835 by Fr. physicist Michel-Eugène Chevreul (1786-1889) in the juice of flesh.
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Main Entry: cre·atine
Pronunciation: 'krE-&-"tEn, -&t-&n
Function: noun
: a white crystalline nitrogenous substanceC4H9N3O2 found especially in vertebrate muscle either free or as phosphocreatine
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creatine cre·a·tine (krē'ə-tēn', -tĭn) or cre·a·tin (-tĭn)
n.
A nitrogenous organic acid that is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates mainly in the form of phosphocreatine and supplies energy for muscle contraction.

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creatine   (krē'ə-tēn', -tĭn)  Pronunciation Key 
A nitrogenous organic acid that is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates, mainly combined with phosphorus, and that supplies energy for muscle contraction. Chemical formula: C4H9N3O2.
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