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collagenase

collagenase noun: an enzyme that breaks the peptide bonds in collagen.

Noun

collagenase (plural collagenases)

  1. An enzyme that breaks the peptide bonds in collagen.

Forms of collagenase

pluralcollagenases

Origin of collagenase

From collagen + -ase.

Words formed from collagenase

Questions about collagenase

What does collagenase mean?
Collagenase means an enzyme that breaks the peptide bonds in collagen.
What part of speech is collagenase?
Collagenase is a noun.
What is the plural of collagenase?
The plural of collagenase is collagenases.

Words near collagenase in the dictionary

  1. collaged
  2. collagelike
  3. collagen
  4. collagen disease
  5. collagen diseases
  6. collagenase
  7. collagenases
  8. collagenated
  9. collagenation
  10. collagene
  11. collageneous

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