Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun citric_acid_cycle

1 sense of citric acid cycle

Sense 1
Krebs cycle, Krebs citric acid cycle, citric acid cycle, tricarboxylic acid 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)
       => organic process, biological process -- (a process occurring in living organisms)