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Adenosine diphosphate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Adenosine diphosphate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage

2

a nucleotide, the result of adenosine triphosphate losing a phosphate group in metabolism.

See Also
adp ribose nucleotide phosphate adenosine phosphate adenosine adenosine triphosphate adenosine monophosphate atpase
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
nucleotide
Rhyming Words
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