phosphagen

phos·pha·gen

[fos-fuh-juhn, -jen]
noun Biochemistry.
a high-energy phosphoric ester that serves as a reservoir of phosphate-bond energy, as phosphocreatine in vertebrates and phosphoarginine in invertebrates.

Origin:
1925–30; phospha(te) + -gen

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