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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
enzyme /ˈɛnzʌɪm/

▶noun Biochemistry a substance consisting largely or wholly of protein that is produced by a living organism and acts as a catalyst to promote a specific biochemical reaction.

– derivatives
enzymatic adjective,
enzymic adjective,
enzymological adjective,
enzymologist noun,
enzymology noun.

– origin C19: Ger. Enzym, from mod. Gk enzumos ‘leavened’.

'enzyme' also found in these Oxford entries:

acetylcholinesterase - active site - allosteric - amylase - catalase - cellulase - cholinesterase - chymotrypsin - coagulase - coenzyme - cofactor - DNase - ELISA - ferment - fibrinogen - holoenzyme - Hurler's syndrome - invertase - kinase - label - lactase - lipase - lysozyme - maltase - monoamine oxidase - nuclease - oxidase - papain - pepsin - plasmin - plasminogen - polymerase - protease - proteinase - renin - rennin - repressor - restriction enzyme - restriction fragment - ribozyme - RNase - streptokinase - substrate - thrombin - thrombolysis - transcriptase - trypsin - trypsinogen - zymogen

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enzyme:catalyst :: bacterium : microbe

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