enzyme
Syllables: en·zyme/ˈɛn.zaɪm/
enzyme noun: a biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function.
Noun
enzyme (countable and uncountable, plural enzymes)
- A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function.
- The protein type specifically.
- Leavened bread, as opposed to azyme.
enzyme meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
enzyme in Hindi
- एंजाइम, एंज़ाइम, एन्जाइम
enzyme in Tamil
- catalytic protein
- என்சைம் eṉcaim
enzyme in Marathi
- एंझाइम, उत्सेचक
enzyme in Urdu
- انزائم, انزائیم, اینزائم
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- enzyme in Bengali
- উত্সেচক
- enzyme in Telugu
- ఎంజైమ్
- enzyme in Malayalam
- എൻസൈം
- enzyme in Kannada
- ಕಿಣ್ವ, ಎಂಜೈಮು
- enzyme in Punjabi
- ਐਂਜ਼ਾਈਮ, ਐਨਜ਼ਾਈਮ
- enzyme in Gujarati
- ઉત્સેચક utsecak
- enzyme in Odia
- ଏନଜାଇମ୍, ଏନ୍ଜାଇମ୍, ଉତ୍ସେଚକ
- enzyme in Nepali
- एन्जाइम, इन्जाइम
- enzyme in Arabic
- إِنْزِيم ʔinzīm
- enzyme in Malay
- enzim
- enzyme in Indonesian
- enzim
- enzyme in Persian
- آنزیم ânzim, زیمایه zi-mâye
- enzyme in Thai
- เอนไซม์ en-saai
- enzyme in Vietnamese
- enzim, men tiêu hoá
- enzyme in Myanmar
- အင်ဇိုင်း angjuing:
Examples of enzyme in a sentence
- Spiders predigest their food by injecting enzymes into their victims.
- The rabbit liver enzyme lactate dehydrogenase is ambiquitous.
- This hyperthermostable enzyme remains active above 60 degrees centigrade.
Forms of enzyme
| plural | enzymes |
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Origin of enzyme
From German Enzym, coined 1878 by the German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + ζύμη (zúmē, “leaven”). By surface analysis, en- + zyme.
Words formed from enzyme
- abzyme
- adaptive enzyme
- alloenzyme
- allozyme
- angiotensin converting enzyme
- angiotensin-converting enzyme
- angiotensin converting enzyme 1
- angiotensin converting enzyme 2
- antienzyme
- antizyme
- apoenzyme
- chemzyme
- coenzyme
- cuproenzyme
- ecoenzyme
- ectoenzyme
- electroenzyme
- endoenzyme
- enzybiotic
- enzymatic
- enzyme-inducing medication
- enzyme-inhibiting medication
- enzyme inhibitor
- enzymeless
- enzymelike
- enzymic
- enzymogenesis
- enzymoimmunoassay
- enzymology
- enzymolysis
- enzymopathy
- enzymosis
- enzymuria
- exoenzyme
- flavoenzyme
- granzyme
- haloenzyme
- heteroenzyme
- holoenzyme
- invert enzyme
- isoenzyme
- isozyme
- lysozyme
- macroenzyme
- mechanoenzyme
- megaenzyme
- metalloenzyme
- modification enzyme
- molybdoenzyme
- multienzyme
- nanoenzyme
- nanozyme
- necroenzyme
- neoenzyme
- nonenzyme
- phosphoenzyme
- photoenzyme
- plastizyme
- precursor enzyme
- proenzyme
Phrases with enzyme
Words that rhyme with enzyme
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Questions about enzyme
- What does enzyme mean?
- Enzyme means a biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function.
- What is enzyme in Hindi?
- Enzyme in Hindi is एंजाइम, एंज़ाइम, एन्जाइम. See Enzyme meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is enzyme?
- Enzyme is a noun.
- How do you pronounce enzyme?
- Enzyme is pronounced /ˈɛn.zaɪm/.
- What is the plural of enzyme?
- The plural of enzyme is enzymes.
Words near enzyme in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: enzyme (page history and authors); enzyme (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enzyme (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enzyme (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enzyme (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enzyme (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enzyme (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enzyme (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enzyme (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enzyme (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enzyme (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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