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epoxygenase

epoxygenase noun: an enzyme that produces hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (HETEs) and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) from arachidonic acid, causing effects such as cell proliferation and decrease in cyclooxygenase activity.

Noun

epoxygenase (countable and uncountable, plural epoxygenases)

  1. An enzyme that produces hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (HETEs) and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) from arachidonic acid, causing effects such as cell proliferation and decrease in cyclooxygenase activity.

Forms of epoxygenase

pluralepoxygenases

Questions about epoxygenase

What does epoxygenase mean?
Epoxygenase means an enzyme that produces hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (HETEs) and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) from arachidonic acid, causing effects such as cell proliferation and decrease in cyclooxygenase activity.
What part of speech is epoxygenase?
Epoxygenase is a noun.
What is the plural of epoxygenase?
The plural of epoxygenase is epoxygenases.

Words near epoxygenase in the dictionary

  1. epoxyeicosatrienoic acid
  2. epoxyeicosatrienoic acids
  3. epoxyeicosatrienoid
  4. epoxyeicosatrienoids
  5. epoxyethane
  6. epoxygenase
  7. epoxygenases
  8. epoxygenate
  9. epoxygenated
  10. epoxygenating
  11. epoxygenation

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