"synthase" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: synthases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} synthase (plural synthases)
  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of a biological compound. Synonyms: synthetase
    Sense id: en-synthase-en-noun-~ZFc2b-s Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 56 44
  2. (dated) Such an enzyme that, more specifically, does not use ATP as a source of energy. Tags: dated Coordinate_terms: synthetase
    Sense id: en-synthase-en-noun-y9Gz8USh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (any enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of a biological compound, but does not make use of ATP as a source of energy): syntaasi (Finnish), sintasi [feminine] (Italian), syntaza [feminine] (Polish), sintasa [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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