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synthetase

[sin-thuh-teys, -teyz]
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noun Biochemistry.
  1. ligase.
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Origin of synthetase

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

synthetase

(sĭn′thĭ-tās′, -tāz′)
n.
  1. ligase
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