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replicase

[rep-li-keys, -keyz]

noun

RNA synthetase.

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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