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replicase

[ rep-li-keys, -keyz ]
/ ˈrɛp lɪˌkeɪs, -ˌkeɪz /

noun

RNA synthetase.

Nearby words

  1. replevisable,
  2. replevy,
  3. replica,
  4. replicable,
  5. replicar,
  6. replicate,
  7. replication,
  8. replicative,
  9. replicator,
  10. replicon

Origin of replicase

First recorded in 1960–65; replic(ate) + -ase
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Medicine definitions for replicase

replicase

[ rĕp′lĭ-kās′, -kāz′ ]

n.

An enzyme that promotes the synthesis of a complementary RNA molecule from an RNA template.
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