enzyme

(Anglès)

  1. (countable, uncountable) A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Leavened bread, as opposed to azyme.

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈɛn.zaɪm/
Etimologia (Anglès)

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

Related words

enzym

ένζυμο

انزيم

Ferment

ferment

أنزيم

ferment

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