"ribozyme" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɹaɪbə(ʊ)ˌzaɪm/ Forms: ribozymes [plural]
Etymology: Blend of ribonucleic acid + enzyme. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|ribonucleic acid|enzyme}} Blend of ribonucleic acid + enzyme Head templates: {{en-noun}} ribozyme (plural ribozymes)
  1. A fragment of RNA that can act as an enzyme. Hypernyms: biocatalyst, enzyme Derived forms: hammerhead ribozyme, leadzyme, metalloribozyme, ribozymology Coordinate_terms: enzyme Translations (enzyme-like RNA fragment): 核酶 (héméi) (Chinese Mandarin), ribozyme [masculine] (French), ribozima [masculine] (Italian), rybozym [masculine] (Polish), рибози́м (ribozím) [inanimate, masculine] (Russian), ribozima [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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