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secretase

noun

Etymology

From secrete + -ase.

  1. derived from sēcrētus
  2. suffixed as secretase — “secrete + ase”

Definitions

  1. An enzyme that "snips" pieces off a longer protein that is embedded in the cell membrane.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for secretase. 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