antienzyme

[an-tee-en-zahym, an-tahy-]

a substance that inhibits or counteracts the action of an enzyme.

Origin of antienzyme

First recorded in 1900–05; anti- + enzyme

Related formsan·ti·en·zy·mat·ic

[an-tee-en-zahy-mat-ik, -zi-, an-tahy-] /ˌæn tiˌɛn zaɪˈmæt ɪk, -zɪ-, ˌæn taɪ-/, an·ti·en·zy·mic

[an-tee-en-zahy-mik, -zim-ik, an-tahy-] /ˌæn ti ɛnˈzaɪ mɪk, -ˈzɪm ɪk, ˌæn taɪ-/, adjective

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A, an antioxidase, or antienzyme, which prevents the action of E.
The Chemistry of Plant Life
Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

antienzyme in Medicine

[ăn′tē-ĕn′zīm′, ăn′tī-]

An agent or principle, especially an inhibitory enzyme or an antibody to an enzyme, that retards, inhibits, or destroys enzymic activity.

Related formsan′ti•en′zy•mat′ic (-zĭ-măt′ĭk, -zī-) null adj.