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carrageenase

carrageenase noun: any enzyme that hydrolyses a carrageenan.

Noun

carrageenase (plural carrageenases)

  1. Any enzyme that hydrolyses a carrageenan.

Forms of carrageenase

pluralcarrageenases

Origin of carrageenase

From carrageenan + -ase.

Questions about carrageenase

What does carrageenase mean?
Carrageenase means any enzyme that hydrolyses a carrageenan.
What part of speech is carrageenase?
Carrageenase is a noun.
What is the plural of carrageenase?
The plural of carrageenase is carrageenases.

Words near carrageenase in the dictionary

  1. Carradines
  2. carrageen
  3. carrageen moss
  4. carrageenan
  5. carrageenans
  6. carrageenase
  7. carrageenases
  8. carrageenin
  9. carrageenins
  10. carrageenophyte
  11. carrageenophytes

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