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ACE2

ACE2 is the abbreviation of angiotensin converting enzyme 2.

Meaning of angiotensin converting enzyme 2

Noun

angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (uncountable)

  1. An enzyme attached to the membrane of cells in various organs and lowers blood pressure by catalyzing the hydrolysis of angiotensin II into angiotensin (1-7).

Forms of ACE2

pluralACE2s

Words formed from ACE2

Questions about ACE2

What is ACE2 the abbreviation of?
ACE2 is the abbreviation of angiotensin converting enzyme 2.

Words near ACE2 in the dictionary

  1. ace-high
  2. ace-spec
  3. ace/aro
  4. ACE1
  5. ACE1s
  6. ACE2
  7. ACE2s
  8. aceanthrylene
  9. acearo
  10. Acebedo
  11. Acebedos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ACE2 (page history and authors); angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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