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amidase

[am-i-deys, -deyz]
noun Biochemistry.
  1. an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an acid amide.
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Origin of amidase

First recorded in 1920–25; amid- + -ase
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amidase

(ăm′ĭ-dās′, -dāz′)
n.
  1. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of monocarboxylic amides, thus freeing ammonia.acylamidase acylase
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