enzyme
Meaning
Noun
- A globular protein that catalyses a biological chemical reaction.
- leavened bread, as opposed to azyme
Origin
- From German Enzym, coined 1878 by the German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne from Ancient Greek ἐν + ζύμη.
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