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Lysozyme

//ˈlaɪsəzaɪm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bacteriolytic (or antibiotic) enzyme found in many animal secretions, and in egg white.

    "[Alexander Fleming] had in 1923 discovered lysozyme, an antimicrobial enzyme found in saliva, mucus and tears as part of the body’s first line of defence against invading pathogens."

  2. 2
    an enzyme found in saliva and sweat and tears that destroys the cell walls of certain bacteria wordnet

Etymology

From lyso- + enzyme.

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