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Enzyme

//ˈɛn.zaɪm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions wordnet
  3. 3
    A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function.; The protein type specifically. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Leavened bread, as opposed to azyme. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From German Enzym, coined 1878 by the German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + ζύμη (zúmē, “leaven”).

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