creatinine

See also: créatinine

English

Etymology

From creatine +‎ -ine, from Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas, “meat”) (genitive κρέατος (kréatos)) +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɹiːˈæ.təˌniːn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɹiˈæ.təˌnin/

Noun

creatinine (countable and uncountable, plural creatinines)

1. (biochemistry) A heterocyclic amine, 2-amino-1-methyl-5H-imidazol-4-one, formed by the metabolism of creatine.

Derived terms

• creatininase
• xanthocreatinine

Translations

heterocyclic amine

• Catalan: creatinina f
• French: créatinine (fr) f
• Galician: creatinina f
• German: Kreatinin n
• Italian: creatinina (it) f
• Kazakh: креатинин (kreatinin)
• Polish: kreatynina (pl) f
• Portuguese: creatinina f
• Russian: креатини́н (ru) m (kreatinín)
• Spanish: creatinina (es) f

References

• “creatinine”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “creatinine”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “creatinine”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “creatinine”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• cantinière, incinerate, itinerance