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sulphatase

sulphatase is the alternative spelling of sulfatase.

Meaning of sulfatase

Noun

sulfatase (plural sulfatases)

  1. Any of several enzymes, in animals and bacteria, which catalyze the hydrolysis of organic sulfates

Forms of sulphatase

pluralsulphatases

Questions about sulphatase

What is sulphatase the alternative spelling of?
Sulphatase is the alternative spelling of sulfatase.

Words near sulphatase in the dictionary

  1. sulphasalazines
  2. sulphasomidine
  3. sulphat
  4. sulphatara
  5. sulphataras
  6. sulphatase
  7. sulphatases
  8. sulphate
  9. sulphate of copper
  10. sulphate of iron
  11. sulphate of magnesia

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