ASE

or A.S.E.

American Stock Exchange.

-ase

a suffix used in the names of enzymes: oxidase.

Origin of -ase

extracted from diastase

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Examples from the Web for ase

Historical Examples of ase

"They won't BE done till you go, Ase," continued the master of the house.
Cy Whittaker's Place
Joseph C. Lincoln
Soon's Mrs. Peabody wired you was goin' to ride, me and Ase started to meet you.
Cy Whittaker's Place
Joseph C. Lincoln
If Ase could afford clothes like that he might be his twin brother.
Kent Knowles: Quahaug
Joseph C. Lincoln
Ase was there, and his eyes pretty nigh popped out of his head.
Cape Cod Stories
Joseph C. Lincoln
Ase and he are pretty thick; he's got a mortgage on Ase's house, you know.
The Rise of Roscoe Paine
Joseph C. Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for ase

-ase

suffix forming nouns

indicating an enzymeoxidase

Word Origin for -ase

abstracted from diastase

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Word Origin and History for ase

-ase

word-forming element used in naming enzymes, from ending of diastase.

Medicine definitions for ase

-ase

suff.

Enzyme:amylase.

Science definitions for ase

-ase

A suffix used to form the names of enzymes. It is often added to the name of the compound that the enzyme breaks down, as in lactase, which breaks down lactose. It is also added to a word describing the enzyme's activity, as in transferase, which catalyzes the transfer of a chemical group from one molecule to another, or reductase, which catalyzes the reduction of an organic compound.