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arginase

[ ahr-juh-neys, -neyz ]
/ ˈɑr dʒəˌneɪs, -ˌneɪz /

noun Biochemistry.

a liver enzyme that converts arginine to urea.

Nearby words

  1. argil,
  2. argillaceous,
  3. argilliferous,
  4. argillite,
  5. argillitic,
  6. arginine,
  7. argininosuccinic acid,
  8. argininosuccinicaciduria,
  9. argive,
  10. argle

Origin of arginase

1900–05; < German Arginase; see arginine, -ase
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Medicine definitions for arginase

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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