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Cre"a*tin (kr?"?-t?n), n. [Gr.
&?;&?;&?; flesh.] (Physiol. Chem.) A white,
crystalline, nitrogenous substance found abundantly in muscle
tissue. [Written also kreatine.]

Cre*at"i*nin (kr?-?t"?-n?n), n.
(Physiol. Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous
body closely related to creatin but more basic in its properties,
formed from the latter by the action of acids, and occurring
naturally in muscle tissue and in urine. [Written also
kretinine.]

Cre*a"tion (kr?-A"sh?n), n. [L.
creatio: cf. F. cr&?;ation. See
Create.] 1. The act of creating or
causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe
or this world into existence.

From the creation to the general doom.

Shak.

As when a new particle of matter dotn begin to
exist, in rerum natura, which had before no being; and
this we call creation.

Locke.

2. That which is created; that which is
produced or caused to exist, as the world or some original work
of art or of the imagination; nature.


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