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enzyme: Meaning and Definition of
en•zyme
Pronunciation: (en'zīm), [key]
— n. Biochem.
- any of various proteins, as pepsin, originating from living cells and capable of producing certain chemical changes in organic substances by catalytic action, as in digestion. Cf. -ase.
See also:
- enzyme (Thesaurus)
