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collagenolytic

collagenolytic adjective: able to lyse collagen (and other lysine-containing proteins).

Adjective

collagenolytic (comparative more collagenolytic, superlative most collagenolytic)

  1. Able to lyse collagen (and other lysine-containing proteins).

Forms of collagenolytic

comparativemore collagenolytic
superlativemost collagenolytic

Origin of collagenolytic

From collagen + -o- + -lytic.

Questions about collagenolytic

What does collagenolytic mean?
Collagenolytic means able to lyse collagen (and other lysine-containing proteins).
What part of speech is collagenolytic?
Collagenolytic is an adjective.

Words near collagenolytic in the dictionary

  1. collagenised
  2. collagenization
  3. collagenizations
  4. collagenized
  5. collagenolysis
  6. collagenolytic
  7. collagenolytical
  8. collagenolytically
  9. collagenoma
  10. collagenomas
  11. collagenopathic

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