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asparaginase

asparaginase noun: an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of asparagine to aspartic acid, used in chemotherapy.

Noun

asparaginase (countable and uncountable, plural asparaginases)

  1. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of asparagine to aspartic acid, used in chemotherapy.

Forms of asparaginase

pluralasparaginases

Origin of asparaginase

From asparagine + -ase.

Questions about asparaginase

What does asparaginase mean?
Asparaginase means an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of asparagine to aspartic acid, used in chemotherapy.
What part of speech is asparaginase?
Asparaginase is a noun.
What is the plural of asparaginase?
The plural of asparaginase is asparaginases.

Words near asparaginase in the dictionary

  1. Aspall
  2. asparacoside
  3. asparagaceous
  4. asparagi
  5. asparagin
  6. asparaginase
  7. asparaginases
  8. asparaginate
  9. asparagine
  10. asparagines
  11. asparaginic

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