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glucosidase

glucosidase noun: any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides.

Noun

glucosidase (plural glucosidases)

  1. Any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides

Forms of glucosidase

pluralglucosidases

Origin of glucosidase

From glucoside + -ase.

Words formed from glucosidase

Questions about glucosidase

What does glucosidase mean?
Glucosidase means any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides.
What part of speech is glucosidase?
Glucosidase is a noun.
What is the plural of glucosidase?
The plural of glucosidase is glucosidases.

Words near glucosidase in the dictionary

  1. glucoseptanosides
  2. glucoses
  3. glucosic
  4. glucosid
  5. glucosidal
  6. glucosidase
  7. glucosidases
  8. glucosidation
  9. glucosidations
  10. glucoside
  11. glucosides

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