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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   the enzyme, found in soil bacteria and some plants, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide countable, uncountable
2. 2
   an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into carbon dioxide and ammonia; is present in intestinal bacteria wordnet

Etymology

From urea + -ase.

Related phrases

carbon dioxide

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