Medical Definition of CPK

1. An enzyme that is contained in skeletal muscle, smooth muscle and cardiac muscle. Creatine phosphokinase is released into the bloodstream in increased quantities if muscle in injured. Creatine phosphokinase can be fractionated so that specific measurements can be made for blood levels of creatine phosphokinase that comes exclusively from damaged heart muscle. This makes it an important test for the laboratory diagnosis of heart attack. Acronym: CPK (28 May 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of CPK

CP/Mers
CPA
CPAD
CPAM
CPAN
CPAP
CPB
CPC
CPCM
CPCRA
CPE
CPEO
CPFT
CPG
CPI
CPK (current term)
CPK model
CPO
CPPB
CPPD
CPPV
CPR
CPRM
CPS
CPSA
CPSC
CPT
CPT symmetry
CPU

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