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Detailed Synonyms for tricarboxylic acid cycle in English
tricarboxylic acid cycle:
tricarboxylic acid cycle [the ~] nom
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the tricarboxylic acid cycle
– 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 1the Krebs citric acid cycle; the citric acid cycle; the tricarboxylic acid cycle; the Krebs cycle– 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 1