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helicase

helicase noun: an enzyme required for DNA unwinding.

Noun

helicase (plural helicases)

  1. An enzyme required for DNA unwinding.

helicase meaning in Tamil

helicase in Tamil

சுருளைச்சிதைப்பி

Forms of helicase

pluralhelicases

Origin of helicase

From helix + -ase or helic- + -ase.

Words formed from helicase

Questions about helicase

What does helicase mean?
Helicase means an enzyme required for DNA unwinding.
What is helicase in Tamil?
Helicase in Tamil is சுருளைச்சிதைப்பி. See Helicase meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is helicase?
Helicase is a noun.
What is the plural of helicase?
The plural of helicase is helicases.

Words near helicase in the dictionary

  1. helically
  2. helicam
  3. helicams
  4. helicarionid
  5. helicarionids
  6. helicase
  7. helicases
  8. helicate
  9. helicates
  10. Helice
  11. heliced

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Adapted from Wiktionary: helicase (page history and authors); helicase (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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