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hydrolase

/ˈhaɪdɹəleɪz/

hydrolase noun: an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a substrate.

Noun

hydrolase (plural hydrolases)

  1. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a substrate.

hydrolase meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

hydrolase in Tamil

நீர்ப்பகுப்பி, நீராற்பகுப்பி

hydrolase in Vietnamese

Translations
hiđrolaza

Forms of hydrolase

pluralhydrolases

Origin of hydrolase

From hydrolysis + -ase.

Words formed from hydrolase

Questions about hydrolase

What does hydrolase mean?
Hydrolase means an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a substrate.
What is hydrolase in Tamil?
Hydrolase in Tamil is நீர்ப்பகுப்பி, நீராற்பகுப்பி. See Hydrolase meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hydrolase?
Hydrolase is a noun.
How do you pronounce hydrolase?
Hydrolase is pronounced /ˈhaɪdɹəleɪz/.
What is the plural of hydrolase?
The plural of hydrolase is hydrolases.

Words near hydrolase in the dictionary

  1. hydrol.
  2. hydrolaccolith
  3. hydrolaccoliths
  4. hydrolaparoscopies
  5. hydrolaparoscopy
  6. hydrolase
  7. hydrolases
  8. hydrolat
  9. hydrolatrous
  10. hydrolatry
  11. hydrolats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hydrolase (page history and authors); hydrolase (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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