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phospholipase

phospholipase noun: any of several enzymes that hydrolyze the phosphate ester bonds of phospholipids.

Noun

phospholipase (plural phospholipases)

  1. Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze the phosphate ester bonds of phospholipids.

Forms of phospholipase

pluralphospholipases

Origin of phospholipase

From phospho- + lipase.

Questions about phospholipase

What does phospholipase mean?
Phospholipase means any of several enzymes that hydrolyze the phosphate ester bonds of phospholipids.
What part of speech is phospholipase?
Phospholipase is a noun.
What is the plural of phospholipase?
The plural of phospholipase is phospholipases.

Words near phospholipase in the dictionary

  1. phospholes
  2. phospholidine
  3. phospholigand
  4. phospholigands
  5. phospholinked
  6. phospholipase
  7. phospholipases
  8. phospholipasic
  9. phospholipid
  10. phospholipidase
  11. phospholipidases

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