creatine

See also: créatine

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas, “meat”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹiː.əˌtiːn/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹi.əˌtin/, [ˈkɹi.əˌɾin]

Noun

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

Anagrams

• centiare, increate, iterance

Italian

Noun

creatine f

1. plural of creatina

Anagrams

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