Definition of "adenosine monophosphate" []

• AMP. (noun)
• Cyclic AMP. (noun)

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• "One of the most important subsystems in the second-messenger system involves cyclic adenosine monophosphate cyclic AMP."
• "A compound called adenosine monophosphate cyclic AMP is activated."