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hydrase

American

[hahy-drays, -drayz] / ˈhaɪ dreɪs, -dreɪz /

noun

Biochemistry.

any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the addition of a water molecule into a compound without causing hydrolysis.

First recorded in 1940–45; hydr- ¹ + -ase

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