noun
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
• Syn: ↑Krebs cycle, ↑Krebs citric acid cycle, ↑citric acid cycle
• Hypernyms: ↑organic process, ↑biological process
• Part Holonyms: ↑metabolism, ↑metabolic process
• Part Meronyms: ↑oxidative phosphorylation
Useful english dictionary. 2012.