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arginase

[ahr-juh-neys, -neyz]

noun Biochemistry.

a liver enzyme that converts arginine to urea.

Origin of arginase

1900–05; < German Arginase; see arginine, -ase

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arginase in Medicine

arginase

[är′jə-nās′, -nāz]

n.

An enzyme found primarily in the liver that catalyzes the hydrolysis of arginine to urea and ornithine.

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