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Cori cycle
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English
Etymology
Named after its discoverers, Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Cori.
Proper noun
The metabolic pathway in which lactate produced by anaerobic glycolysis in the muscles moves to the liver and is converted to glucose, which then returns to the muscles and is metabolized back to lactate.
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