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dehydrohalogenase

dehydrohalogenase noun: an enzyme that can remove hydrogen halogenide from a molecule, usually meaning DDTase.

Noun

dehydrohalogenase (uncountable)

  1. An enzyme that can remove hydrogen halogenide from a molecule, usually meaning DDTase.

Origin of dehydrohalogenase

From de + hydro- + halogen + -ase.

Questions about dehydrohalogenase

What does dehydrohalogenase mean?
Dehydrohalogenase means an enzyme that can remove hydrogen halogenide from a molecule, usually meaning DDTase.
What part of speech is dehydrohalogenase?
Dehydrohalogenase is a noun.

Words near dehydrohalogenase in the dictionary

  1. dehydrogenize
  2. dehydrogenized
  3. dehydrogenizes
  4. dehydrogenizing
  5. dehydroglycine
  6. dehydrohalogenase
  7. dehydrohalogenate
  8. dehydrohalogenated
  9. dehydrohalogenates
  10. dehydrohalogenating
  11. dehydrohalogenation

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