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asparaginase en · NOUN

Etymology

From asparagine + -ase.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of asparagine to aspartic acid, used in chemotherapy.

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Translations (2)

pl asparaginaza (an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of asparagine to aspartic acid) · pt asparaginase (an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of asparagine to aspartic acid)