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macrolipase

macrolipase noun: a macroenzyme form of a lipase, such as the macromolecular pancreatic lipase sometimes (but not always) correlated with acute pancreatitis or celiac disease.

Noun

macrolipase (plural macrolipases)

  1. A macroenzyme form of a lipase, such as the macromolecular pancreatic lipase sometimes (but not always) correlated with acute pancreatitis or celiac disease.
    • [To our knowledge, the simultaneous presence of macroamylase and macrolipase in the same patient has been previously reported in only four cases. Interestingly, two of those patients had celiac disease. If macroamylase and macrolipase are present, the possibility of celiac disease should be...2003, Oita T, Yamashiro A, Mizutani F, Tamura A, Sakizono K, Okada A, “[Simultaneous presence of macroamylase and macrolipase in a patient with celiac disease]”, in Rinsho Byori [Japanese Journal of...

Forms of macrolipase

pluralmacrolipases

Origin of macrolipase

From macro- + lipase.

Words formed from macrolipase

Questions about macrolipase

What does macrolipase mean?
Macrolipase means a macroenzyme form of a lipase, such as the macromolecular pancreatic lipase sometimes (but not always) correlated with acute pancreatitis or celiac disease.
What part of speech is macrolipase?
Macrolipase is a noun.
What is the plural of macrolipase?
The plural of macrolipase is macrolipases.

Words near macrolipase in the dictionary

  1. macroligand
  2. macroligands
  3. macrolike
  4. macrolinguistic
  5. macrolinguistics
  6. macrolipase
  7. macrolipasemia
  8. macrolipasemias
  9. macrolipases
  10. macrolipophagy
  11. macrolith

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