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cyclase

noun

Etymology

From cyclo- + -ase or cycle + -ase.

  1. derived from *kʷékʷlos✻
  2. derived from κύκλος
  3. derived from cyclus
  4. inherited from cicle — “fixed length period of years”
  5. suffixed as cyclase — “cycle + ase”

Definitions

  1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the cyclization of a compound

The neighborhood

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