"cellulase" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cellulases [plural]
Etymology: From cellulose + -ase. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cellulose|ase}} cellulose + -ase Head templates: {{en-noun}} cellulase (plural cellulases)
  1. (biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the cellulolysis (or hydrolysis) of cellulose. Categories (topical): Enzymes Derived forms: endocellulase, exocellulase, extracellulase, holocellulase, lignocellulase, multicellulase Translations (an enzyme): 纖維素酶 (Chinese Mandarin), 纤维素酶 (xiānwéi sùméi) (Chinese Mandarin), sellulaasi (Finnish), κυτταρινάση (kyttarinási) [feminine] (Greek), sellulasi [masculine] (Icelandic), cellulas [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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        },
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          "word": "exocellulase"
        },
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        },
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          "word": "holocellulase"
        },
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    },
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    },
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