enzyme
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Danh từ
nounPlural noun:
enzymes
- 1.
(countable, uncountable)(biochemistry) 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)(Christianity) Leavened bread, as opposed to azyme.
Nguồn gốc từ
From German Enzym, coined 1878 by the German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne from Ancient Greek - ἐν + ζύμη. en- zyme.