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Proteinase

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    protease

    "Thrombin is another endogenous serine proteinase that can be released from fibrin clot following gingival tissue injury or inflammation."

  2. 2
    any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis wordnet

Etymology

From protein + -ase.

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