cyclic AMP

[ sahy-klik ey-em-pee, siklik ]

/ ˈsaɪ klɪk ˈeɪˈɛmˈpi, ˈsɪk lɪk /

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noun Biochemistry.

a cyclic anhydride of adenosine monophosphate formed from adenosine triphosphate by the action of adenylate cyclase: in cellular metabolism, it acts as an intracellular amplifier or second messenger of signals derived from hormones or neurotransmitters.

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Also called cAMP

[kamp], /kæmp/, adenosine cyclic monophosphate.

Origin of cyclic AMP

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby cyclic AMP

cycle rickshaw, cyclery, cyclic, cyclical, cyclical unemployment, cyclic AMP, cyclic GMP, cyclic pitch lever, cyclic shift, cyclin, cyclin-dependent kinase

How to use cyclic AMP in a sentence

To amp up heart rate in the weight room, incorporate total-body movements with limited rest in between sets.
Five Smarter Ways to Train Your Heart|DailyBurn|December 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There is probably even pressure on the True Blood showrunners to amp up the nudity.
‘True Blood’ Premiere: Is Sex the Only Reason We’re Still Watching?|Kevin Fallon|June 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Austin, a skinny sixteen-year-old, dressed all in black, kneels on the floor plugging wires into a guitar amp.
Life With the Anarchists|Evan Wright|April 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The retail industry knows that to survive, it needs to amp up the experience and add entertainment.
Lousy Marketing—Not Lousy Cars—Killed Detroit|Adam Hanft|November 24, 2008|DAILY BEAST

The difficulty is the greater if the Cyclic poems were long poems, with one author to each Epic.
Homer and His Age|Andrew Lang
AMP life was pleasant, aside from the perpetual drilling, marching and countermarching.
The Blue and The Gray|A. R. White
It is in the Cyclic poems that we should naturally seek for materials to enlarge, expound, or correct Homer.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3|W. E. Gladstone
Heyne holds even the commencement of the Cyclic poems to have been at least a century after the date of the Iliad and Odyssey.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3|W. E. Gladstone
In the mountains precipitation is heavier and somewhat more evenly distributed throughout the year, but still definitely cyclic.
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacn, Mxico|William E. Duellman

British Dictionary definitions for cyclic AMP

cyclic AMP

noun

cyclic adenosine monophosphate: a constituent of biological cells, responsible for triggering processes that are dependent on hormones

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