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carboxylase

carboxylase noun: any enzyme that catalyzes either a carboxylation or decarboxylation reaction.

Noun

carboxylase (plural carboxylases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes either a carboxylation or decarboxylation reaction.

carboxylase meaning in Tamil

carboxylase in Tamil

காபொட்சிலேசு

Forms of carboxylase

pluralcarboxylases

Origin of carboxylase

From carboxyl + -ase.

Words formed from carboxylase

Questions about carboxylase

What does carboxylase mean?
Carboxylase means any enzyme that catalyzes either a carboxylation or decarboxylation reaction.
What is carboxylase in Tamil?
Carboxylase in Tamil is காபொட்சிலேசு. See Carboxylase meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is carboxylase?
Carboxylase is a noun.
What is the plural of carboxylase?
The plural of carboxylase is carboxylases.

Words near carboxylase in the dictionary

  1. carboxykinase
  2. carboxykinases
  3. carboxyl
  4. carboxyl methyltransferase
  5. carboxyl methyltransferases
  6. carboxylase
  7. carboxylases
  8. carboxylate
  9. carboxylated
  10. carboxylates
  11. carboxylating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carboxylase (page history and authors); carboxylase (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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