"hydrolase" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhaɪdɹəleɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hydrolase.wav Forms: hydrolases [plural]
Etymology: From hydrolysis + -ase. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hydrolysis|ase}} hydrolysis + -ase Head templates: {{en-noun}} hydrolase (plural hydrolases)
  1. (biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a substrate. Wikidata QID: Q96286 Wikipedia link: hydrolase Categories (topical): Enzymes Translations (Translations): Hydrolase [feminine] (German), hydrolaza [feminine] (Polish), hiđrolaza (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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        {
          "word": "acetylhydrolase"
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          "word": "amidohydrolase"
        },
        {
          "word": "aminohydrolase"
        },
        {
          "word": "amylohydrolase"
        },
        {
          "word": "anhydrolase"
        },
        {
          "word": "carboxyhydrolase"
        },
        {
          "word": "cyclohydrolase"
        },
        {
          "word": "dihydrolase"
        },
        {
          "word": "dimethylaminohydrolase"
        },
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          "word": "endohydrolase"
        },
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          "word": "exohydrolase"
        },
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          "word": "fructanohydrolase"
        },
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          "word": "fructohydrolase"
        },
        {
          "word": "glucanohydrolase"
        },
        {
          "word": "glucohydrolase"
        },
        {
          "word": "glycanohydrolase"
        },
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          "word": "glycohydrolase"
        },
        {
          "word": "glycosylhydrolase"
        },
        {
          "word": "hydroxyacylglutathione hydrolase"
        },
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          "word": "iminohydrolase"
        },
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          "word": "maltohydrolase"
        },
        {
          "word": "metallohydrolase"
        },
        {
          "word": "perhydrolase"
        },
        {
          "word": "phosphohydrolase"
        },
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          "word": "pyrophosphohydrolase"
        },
        {
          "word": "ribosylhydrolase"
        },
        {
          "word": "sulfohydrolase"
        },
        {
          "word": "thiohydrolase"
        },
        {
          "word": "triphosphohydrolase"
        },
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          "word": "ureohydrolase"
        },
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          "word": "xylanohydrolase"
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