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oligomerase

oligomerase noun: any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an oligomer.

Noun

oligomerase (plural oligomerases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an oligomer

Forms of oligomerase

pluraloligomerases

Origin of oligomerase

From oligomer + -ase.

Questions about oligomerase

What does oligomerase mean?
Oligomerase means any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an oligomer.
What part of speech is oligomerase?
Oligomerase is a noun.
What is the plural of oligomerase?
The plural of oligomerase is oligomerases.

Words near oligomerase in the dictionary

  1. oligomenorrhoea
  2. oligomenorrhoeic
  3. oligomenorrhoic
  4. oligomenorrhœa
  5. oligomer
  6. oligomerase
  7. oligomerases
  8. oligomeration
  9. oligomeric
  10. oligomericity
  11. oligomerisation

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