creatine

See also: créatine

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas, “meat”) (genitive κρέατος (kréatos)) +‎ -ine. Not related to create.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹiː.əˌtiːn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹi.əˌtin/, [ˈkɹi.əˌɾin]

Noun

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Wikipedia

creatine (countable and uncountable, plural creatines)

1. (biochemistry) An amino acid, 2-(carbamimidoyl-methyl- amino)acetic acid, which naturally occurs in vertebrates and helps to supply energy to muscle and nerve cells.

Synonyms

• Cr (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• creatinase
• creatine kinase
• creatinemia
• creatine monohydrate
• creatine-P
• creatine phosphate
• creatine phosphokinase
• creatine-phosphoric acid
• creatinkinase
• creatinuria
• cyclocreatine
• phosphocreatine
• phosphorylcreatine

Related terms

• creatinine

Translations

an amino acid

Bulgarian: креати́н m (kreatín) Catalan: creatina f Czech: kreatin m Danish: kreatin n Dutch: creatine (nl) Esperanto: kreatino Finnish: kreatiini French: créatine (fr) German: Kreatin n Greek: κρεατίνη (el) f (kreatíni) Indonesian: kreatin Italian: creatina (it) f Japanese: クレアチン (kureachin) Polish: kreatyna (pl) f Portuguese: creatina (pt) f Romanian: creatină (ro) f Russian: креатин (ru) f (kreatin) Spanish: creatina f Turkish: kreatin (tr) Ukrainian: креатин (kreatyn)

Anagrams

• centiare, increate, iterance

Italian

Noun

creatine f

1. plural of creatina

Anagrams

• canterei, cantiere, centiare, cerniate, enterica, incerate, increate, nericate