"cholinesterase" meaning in English

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          "word": "anticholinesterase"
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          "word": "cholinesterasic"
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          "word": "pseudocholinesterase"
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        "An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of choline-based esters (acetylcholine or butyrylcholine)."
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        "(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of choline-based esters (acetylcholine or butyrylcholine)."
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          "sense": "enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of choline-based esters",
          "word": "koliiniesteraasi"
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          "sense": "enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of choline-based esters",
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          "word": "cholinestérase"
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          "sense": "enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of choline-based esters",
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          "sense": "enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of choline-based esters",
          "word": "kolinészteráz"
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          "sense": "enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of choline-based esters",
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      "sense": "enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of choline-based esters",
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      "sense": "enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of choline-based esters",
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