"-ase" meaning in English

See -ase in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: Derived from ending of diastase; a libfix Etymology templates: {{m|en|diastase}} diastase Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ase, {{en-suffix}} -ase
  1. Used to form the names of enzymes. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Enzymes Translations (forms the names of enzymes): -а́за (-áza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), -áza [feminine] (Czech), -aasi (Finnish), -एद (-ed) (Hindi), -áz (Hungarian), -ase (Indonesian), -áis [feminine] (Irish), -asi (Italian), -aza [feminine] (Polish), -ase [feminine] (Portuguese), -asa (Spanish), -as [common-gender] (Swedish), -as (Welsh)

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