"polymerase" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-ca-polymerase.opus [Canada] Forms: polymerases [plural]
Etymology: polymer + -ase Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|polymer|ase}} polymer + -ase Head templates: {{en-noun}} polymerase (plural polymerases)
  1. (biochemistry) Any of various enzymes that catalyze the formation of polymers of DNA or RNA using an existing strand of RNA or DNA respectively as a template. Wikipedia link: polymerase Categories (topical): Enzymes, Polymer Derived forms: depolymerase, DNA polymerase, polymerase chain reaction, RNA polymerase, Taq polymerase, xenopolymerase Related terms: reverse transcriptase, transcriptase Translations (enzyme that catalyses the formation of polymers): 聚合酶 (zeoi⁶ hap⁶ mui⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 聚合酶 (jùhéméi) (Chinese Mandarin), полимераз (polimeraz) (Cyrillic), нийлмэл исгүүр (niilmel isgüür) [China] (Cyrillic), polymeraasi (Finnish), polymérase (French), Polymerase [feminine] (German), πολυμεράση (polymerási) [feminine] (Greek), बहुलकेद (bahulaked) (Hindi), polimerase (Indonesian), polimerasi (Italian), whākōkī waerau (Maori), ᠫᠣᠯᠢᠮᠧᠷᠠᠽ (polimēraz) (Mongolian), ᠨᠡᠢᠯᠡᠮᠡᠯ ᠢᠰᠬᠡᠭᠦᠷ (neilemel iskegür) (Mongolian), polimerase (Portuguese), полимераза (polimeraza) [feminine] (Russian), polimerasa [feminine] (Spanish)

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