the process by which the energy liberated by oxidation of metabolites is used to synthesize the energy-rich molecule ATP
oxidative phosphorylation in American English
noun
Biochemistry
the aerobic synthesis, coupled to electron transport, of ATP from phosphate and ADP
Word origin
[1950–55]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Common Market, drip-dry, point-of-sale, speech recognition, wiretap