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phosphagen

noun phos·pha·gen \ˈfäs-fə-jən, -ˌjen\

Medical Definition of PHOSPHAGEN

:  any of several organic phosphate compounds (as phosphocreatine or phosphoarginine) occurring especially in muscle and releasing energy on hydrolysis of the phosphate

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