Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

esterase

[es-tuh-reys, -reyz]
noun Biochemistry.
  1. any enzyme that hydrolyzes an ester into an alcohol and an acid.
Show More

Origin of esterase

First recorded in 1915–20; ester + -ase
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
British Dictionary definitions for esterase

esterase

noun
  1. any of a group of enzymes that hydrolyse esters into alcohols and acids
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
esterase in Medicine

esterase

(ĕs′tə-rās′, -rāz′)
n.
  1. Any of various enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of an ester.
Show More
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.