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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The process in cell metabolism by which respiratory enzymes in the mitochondria synthesize ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate during the oxidation of NADH by molecular oxygen.
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- noun an enzymatic process in cell metabolism that synthesizes ATP from ADP
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