phospholipase

[fos-foh-lahy-peys, -peyz]

noun Biochemistry.

any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the breaking down of phospholipids.

Origin of phospholipase

< German (1935); see phospholipid, -ase

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phospholipase in Medicine

phospholipase

[fŏs′fō-lĭp′ās′, -lī′pās′]

n.

An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a phospholipid.lecithinase

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