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nylonase

nylonase noun: a type of enzyme capable of digesting nylon molecules.

Noun

nylonase (uncountable)

  1. A type of enzyme capable of digesting nylon molecules.

Origin of nylonase

From nylon + -ase.

Questions about nylonase

What does nylonase mean?
Nylonase means a type of enzyme capable of digesting nylon molecules.
What part of speech is nylonase?
Nylonase is a noun.

Words near nylonase in the dictionary

  1. nylon
  2. nylon-eating bacteria
  3. nylon-eating bacterium
  4. nylon-string guitar
  5. nylon-string guitars
  6. nylonase
  7. nyloned
  8. Nylonkong
  9. nylonless
  10. nylons
  11. Nyls

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