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alliinase

alliinase noun: an enzyme that converts alliin into allicin.

Noun

alliinase (usually uncountable, plural alliinases)

  1. (usually) An enzyme that converts alliin into allicin.

Forms of alliinase

pluralalliinases

Origin of alliinase

From alliin + -ase.

Questions about alliinase

What does alliinase mean?
Alliinase means an enzyme that converts alliin into allicin.
What part of speech is alliinase?
Alliinase is a noun.
What is the plural of alliinase?
The plural of alliinase is alliinases.

Words near alliinase in the dictionary

  1. allignments
  2. Alligood
  3. Alligoods
  4. Allihn condenser
  5. alliin
  6. alliinase
  7. alliinases
  8. alliins
  9. Alliklik
  10. allinase
  11. allineate

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