|  Krebs cycle 
 
 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 citric acid cycle, citric acid cycle, tricarboxylic acid cycle
 • Hypernyms:
 organic process, biological process
 • Part Holonyms:
 metabolism, metabolic process
 • Part Meronyms:
 oxidative phosphorylation
 
 
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