Also kre-. [f. Gr. κρέας, *κρεατ- + -INE.] An organic base, C4 H9 N3 O2, discovered in 1835 by Chevreul in the juice of flesh.
1840. Penny Cycl., XVII. 49/2. Osmazome contains a peculiar substance, to which he [Chevreul] has given the name of créatin.… Creatin is solid, inodorous, insipid.
1851. [see CREATININE].
1858. Thudichum, Urine, 116. Creatine is present in the blood and urine of man and animals.
1872. Huxley, Physiol., vii. 160. Kreatin, a crystalline body … supposed to be the chief form in which nitrogenous waste matter leaves the muscle on its way to become urea.
