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Synonym of Tricarboxylic acid cycle
tricarboxylic acid cycle
Noun 1. in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high-energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy (synonym) Krebs cycle, Krebs citric acid cycle, citric acid cycle (hypernym) organic process, biological process (part-holonym) metabolism, metabolic process, metastasis (part-meronym) oxidative phosphorylation | ||||