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gelatinolytic

gelatinolytic adjective: relating to, or producing gelatinolysis.

Adjective

gelatinolytic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or producing gelatinolysis.
    • A recent study focused on the enzymatic and cytotoxic functions of jellyfish metalloproteases and identified diverse proteolytic effects including gelatinolytic, caseinolytic, and fibrinolytic activities.2015 June 18, Mahdokht Jouiaei et al., “Ancient Venom Systems: A Review on Cnidaria Toxins”, in Toxins, volume 7, →DOI

Origin of gelatinolytic

From gelatine + -lytic.

Words formed from gelatinolytic

Questions about gelatinolytic

What does gelatinolytic mean?
Gelatinolytic means relating to, or producing gelatinolysis.
What part of speech is gelatinolytic?
Gelatinolytic is an adjective.

Words near gelatinolytic in the dictionary

  1. gelatinogram
  2. gelatinograms
  3. gelatinoid
  4. gelatinoids
  5. gelatinolysis
  6. gelatinolytic
  7. gelatinose
  8. gelatinous
  9. gelatinously
  10. gelatinousness
  11. gelatins

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