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bioscavenger

noun

Etymology

From bio- + scavenger.

  1. derived from scauwōn — “to inspect, to examinate, to look at”
  2. derived from *scavage✻
  3. derived from *scawage✻
  4. derived from scawageour — “one who had to do with scavage, inspector, tax collector”
  5. inherited from scavager
  6. prefixed as bioscavenger — “bio + scavenger”

Definitions

  1. A biochemical scavenger

    • The exact physiological function of BChE remains elusive, although it acts as an endogenous bioscavenger for anticholinesterase agents.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bioscavenger. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA