enzyme

  • 101enzyme — (en zaīm) A protein catalyst with specificity for both the reaction catalyzed and its substrates …

    Dictionary of microbiology

  • 102enzyme — noun A globular protein that catalyses a biological chemical reaction …

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  • 103enzyme — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. protein, ferment, barm, yeast, leaven, organic catalyst; see also catalyst 1 …

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  • 104enzyme — en|zyme [ˈenzaım] n [Date: 1800 1900; : German; Origin: enzym, from Greek zyme substance that makes a flour and water mixture swell ] a chemical substance that is produced in a plant or animal, and helps chemical changes to take place in the… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 105enzyme — en|zyme [ en,zaım ] noun count * a natural chemical produced by animal and plant cells that causes reactions and other processes to start …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 106enzyme —    A recycling protein molecule that catalyzes a specific chemical reaction. Any of a group catalytic proteins that are produced by living cells and that mediate and promote the chemical processes of life without themselves being altered or… …

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  • 107enzyme — A protien or combination of individual proteins that catalyzes a biochemical reaction …

    Combined glossary of agriculture

  • 108enzyme — en·zyme || enzaɪm n. protein which catalyzes chemical processes …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 109enzyme — [ ɛnzʌɪm] noun Biochemistry a substance consisting largely or wholly of protein that is produced by a living organism and acts as a catalyst to promote a specific biochemical reaction. Derivatives enzymatic adjective enzymic adjective… …

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  • 110enzyme — noun (C) technical a chemical substance produced by living cells in plants and animals, that causes changes in other chemical substances without being changed itself: the digestive enzymes in your stomach …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English