synthetase

[sin-thuh-teys, -teyz]

noun Biochemistry.

ligase.

Origin of synthetase

First recorded in 1947; synthet(ic) + -ase

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synthetase in Medicine

synthetase

[sĭn′thĭ-tās′, -tāz′]

n.

ligase

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