Asparaginase

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of asparagine to aspartic acid, used in chemotherapy. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
elspar

Etymology

From asparagine + -ase.

Related phrases

aspartic acid

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