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organophosphatase

organophosphatase noun: any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of organophosphate esters.

Noun

organophosphatase (plural organophosphatases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of organophosphate esters

Forms of organophosphatase

pluralorganophosphatases

Origin of organophosphatase

From organo- + phosphatase.

Questions about organophosphatase

What does organophosphatase mean?
Organophosphatase means any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of organophosphate esters.
What part of speech is organophosphatase?
Organophosphatase is a noun.
What is the plural of organophosphatase?
The plural of organophosphatase is organophosphatases.

Words near organophosphatase in the dictionary

  1. organophilize
  2. organophilized
  3. organophilizes
  4. organophilizing
  5. organophorous
  6. organophosphatase
  7. organophosphatases
  8. organophosphate
  9. organophosphates
  10. organophosphatic
  11. organophosphinate

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