esterase

English

Etymology

ester +‎ -ase

Noun

esterase (plural esterases)

2. (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an ester

Derived terms

• cholesterol esterase
• sterol esterase

 

Related terms

• esterasic

Translations

any of a certain class of enzymes

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酯酶 (zh) (zhǐ méi)

• Czech: esteráza f
• Finnish: esteraasi
• Polish: esteraza f
• Romanian: esterază f
• Spanish: esterasa f

Anagrams

• re-teases, reteases, tesserae

Spanish

Verb

esterase

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of esterar