creatinine

creatinine
/kree at"n een', -in/, n. Biochem.
a crystalline end product of creatine metabolism, C4H7N3O, occurring in urine, muscle, and blood.
[1850-55; < G Kreatinin, equiv. to kreatin CREATINE + -in -INE2]

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