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ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage
Synonyms:
adenosine diphosphate; ADP
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("adenosine diphosphate" is a kind of...):
base; nucleotide (a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA))