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uricase

uricase noun: urate oxidase, an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of uric acid to 5-hydroxyisourate.

Noun

uricase (countable and uncountable, plural uricases)

  1. urate oxidase, an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of uric acid to 5-hydroxyisourate.

Forms of uricase

pluraluricases

Origin of uricase

From uric + -ase.

Questions about uricase

What does uricase mean?
Uricase means urate oxidase, an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of uric acid to 5-hydroxyisourate.
What part of speech is uricase?
Uricase is a noun.
What is the plural of uricase?
The plural of uricase is uricases.

Words near uricase in the dictionary

  1. uricacidaemia
  2. uricacidemia
  3. uricaciduria
  4. uricaemia
  5. uricaemic
  6. uricase
  7. uricases
  8. uricemia
  9. uricemic
  10. Urich
  11. Uriches

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