phosphagen
[ fos-fuh-juh n, -jen ]
/ ˈfɒs fə dʒən, -ˌdʒɛn /
noun Biochemistry.
a high-energy phosphoric ester that serves as a reservoir of phosphate-bond energy, as phosphocreatine in vertebrates and phosphoarginine in invertebrates.
Origin of phosphagen
First recorded in 1925–30;
phospha(te) +
-gen
Words nearby phosphagen
phoropter,
phos-,
phosgene,
phosgenite,
phosph-,
phosphagen,
phosphamidon,
phosphatase,
phosphate,
phosphate diabetes,
phosphate group