"cellulase" meaning in English

See cellulase in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: cellulases [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-der. Latin cella Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin cellulabor. French cellule French -ose French cellulosebor. English cellulose Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English cellulase From cellulose + -ase. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cellulose|-ase|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-der. Latin cella Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin cellulabor. French cellule French -ose French cellulosebor. English cellulose Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. 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Head templates: {{en-noun}} cellulase (plural cellulases)
  1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the cellulolysis (or hydrolysis) of cellulose. Wikidata QID: Q410324 Hypernyms: enzyme, biocatalyst Derived forms: endocellulase, exocellulase, extracellulase, holocellulase, lignocellulase, multicellulase Coordinate_terms: ligninase, lignase Translations (enzyme): 纖維素酶 /纤维素酶 (xiānwéisù méi) (Chinese Mandarin), sellulaasi (Finnish), κυτταρινάση (kyttarinási) [feminine] (Greek), sellulasi [masculine] (Icelandic), celulaza [feminine] (Polish), cellulas [common-gender] (Swedish)

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        {
          "word": "ligninase"
        },
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          "word": "lignase"
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        "Any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the cellulolysis (or hydrolysis) of cellulose."
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          "word": "biocatalyst"
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        "biology",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "xiānwéisù méi",
      "sense": "enzyme",
      "word": "纖維素酶 /纤维素酶"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "enzyme",
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    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "kyttarinási",
      "sense": "enzyme",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "is",
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      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "enzyme",
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    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "enzyme",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "sense": "enzyme",
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      "word": "cellulas"
    }
  ],
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}

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