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noun
A bacteriolytic (or antibiotic) enzyme found in many animal secretions, and in egg white.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an enzyme found in saliva and sweat and tears that destroys the cell walls of certain bacteria
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: muramidase
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: enzyme
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewh1-der. Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)bor. English lyso- English enzyme English lysozyme From lyso- + enzyme.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
