This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
creatine kinase
Save This Word!
This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
noun Biochemistry.
an enzyme that, during muscular activity, catalyzes the transfer of a phosphoryl group from phosphocreatine in muscle to produce ATP.
QUIZ
ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?
We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.
Question 1 of 8
Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?
Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing
Words nearby creatine kinase
creasy, create, create a scene, creatinase, creatine, creatine kinase, creatinemia, creatine phosphate, creatininase, creatinine, creatinine clearance
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
How to use creatine kinase in a sentence
For athletes, the idea is that the increased blood flow also increases the clearance of blood lactate and creatine kinase, both of which get released from muscles and into the bloodstream after vigorous exercise and is a signal of muscle damage.
For example, day-after creatine kinase averaged 2,439 international units per liter.
Creatine and creatinine also seem to lessen in amount, but of the extent of this change I am not as yet fully informed.
Fat and Blood|S. Weir MitchellIn vertebrates, the basis for the phosphoric acid is creatine, whereas invertebrates have arginine instead.
Medical definitions for creatine kinase
creatine kinase
n.
An enzyme present in muscle, brain, and other tissues of vertebrates that catalyzes the reversible conversion of ADP and phosphocreatine into ATP and creatine.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.