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alcoholase

alcoholase noun: any enzyme that converts glucose or lactic acid to alcohol.

Noun

alcoholase (plural alcoholases)

  1. Any enzyme that converts glucose or lactic acid to alcohol

Forms of alcoholase

pluralalcoholases

Origin of alcoholase

From alcohol + -ase.

Questions about alcoholase

What does alcoholase mean?
Alcoholase means any enzyme that converts glucose or lactic acid to alcohol.
What part of speech is alcoholase?
Alcoholase is a noun.
What is the plural of alcoholase?
The plural of alcoholase is alcoholases.

Words near alcoholase in the dictionary

  1. alcohol use disordered
  2. alcohol use disorders
  3. alcohol-free
  4. alcoholaemia
  5. alcoholaemias
  6. alcoholase
  7. alcoholases
  8. alcoholate
  9. alcoholates
  10. alcoholature
  11. alcoholatures

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