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neuraminidase

neuraminidase noun: an antigenic enzyme, found on the surfaces of viruses, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of terminal acylneuraminic residues from oligosaccharides, glycoproteins, and glycolipids.

Noun

neuraminidase (countable and uncountable, plural neuraminidases)

  1. An antigenic enzyme, found on the surfaces of viruses, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of terminal acylneuraminic residues from oligosaccharides, glycoproteins, and glycolipids.

Forms of neuraminidase

pluralneuraminidases

Origin of neuraminidase

From neuraminic + -ide + -ase.

Words formed from neuraminidase

Questions about neuraminidase

What does neuraminidase mean?
Neuraminidase means an antigenic enzyme, found on the surfaces of viruses, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of terminal acylneuraminic residues from oligosaccharides, glycoproteins, and glycolipids.
What part of speech is neuraminidase?
Neuraminidase is a noun.
What is the plural of neuraminidase?
The plural of neuraminidase is neuraminidases.

Words near neuraminidase in the dictionary

  1. neuramic
  2. neuraminate
  3. neuraminates
  4. neuraminic
  5. neuraminic acid
  6. neuraminidase
  7. neuraminidases
  8. neuranagenesis
  9. neurapophyses
  10. neurapophysial
  11. neurapophysis

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