English Explanatory Dictionary

Cori cycle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The metabolic pathway in which lactate produced by anaerobic glycolysis in the muscles moves to the liver and is converted to glucose, which then returns to the muscles and is metabolized back to lactate.

Word forms

Cori cycle

Etymology

Named after its discoverers, Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Cori.

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