ANASTASES | • anastases n. Plural of anastasis. • ANASTASIS n. (Greek) in Byzantine art, the Harrowing of Hell. |
AROMATASE | • aromatase n. (Biochemistry) An enzyme responsible for aromatization of androgen hormones into estrogens. • AROMATASE n. an enzyme involved in the production of oestrogen. |
BRAATASES | • BRAATAS n. (Spanish) a small portion added to a purchase of food by a vendor to encourage the person to return, also BRAATA, BROUGHTA, BROUGHTAS. |
CARITASES | • CARITAS n. (Latin) love for all people. |
DIASTASES | • diastases n. Plural of diastase. • DIASTASE n. a soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar. |
DIOPTASES | • dioptases n. Plural of dioptase. • DIOPTASE n. a mineral, a hydrous silicate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals. |
ELASTASES | • elastases n. Plural of elastase. • ELASTASE n. an enzyme found in the pancreatic juice that decomposes elastin. |
EPISTASES | • epistases n. Plural of epistasis. • EPISTASIS n. the suppression of a gene by another non-allelomorphic gene. |
INVERTASE | • invertase n. (Biochemistry, organic chemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and… • INVERTASE n. an enzyme that inverts cane sugar. |
REDUCTASE | • reductase n. (Biochemistry) An enzyme that chemically reduces its substrate. • REDUCTASE n. an enzyme which brings about the reduction of organic compounds. |
SULFATASE | • sulfatase n. (Biochemistry) Any of several enzymes, in animals and bacteria, which catalyze the hydrolysis of organic sulfates. • SULFATASE n. any of various esterases that accelerate the hydrolysis of sulfuric esters, also SULPHATASE. |
SYNAPTASE | • synaptase n. (Chemistry) Emulsin. • SYNAPTASE n. emulsin, the white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds. |
VANITASES | • vanitases n. Plural of vanitas. • VANITAS n. (Latin) a 17th century Dutch still life painting featuring a memento mori etc. |