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macrolipases

macrolipases is the plural of macrolipase.

Meaning of macrolipase

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...

Questions about macrolipases

What is macrolipases the plural of?
Macrolipases is the plural of macrolipase.

Words near macrolipases in the dictionary

  1. macrolinguistic
  2. macrolinguistics
  3. macrolipase
  4. macrolipasemia
  5. macrolipasemias
  6. macrolipases
  7. macrolipophagy
  8. macrolith
  9. macrolithic
  10. macroliths
  11. macrolobulated

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