"lecithinase" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lecithinases [plural]
Etymology: lecithin + -ase Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lecithin|ase}} lecithin + -ase Head templates: {{en-noun}} lecithinase (plural lecithinases)
  1. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lecithin.
    Sense id: en-lecithinase-en-noun-lSRFeSJb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ase

Inflected forms

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