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Cholinesterase

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. An enzyme found primarily at nerve endings that catalyzes the hydrolysis of acetylcholine into acetic acid and choline.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An enzyme, in muscles, nerves etc, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of acetylcholine

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine (into choline and acetic acid)

Word Usage

"Fortunately, nerves contain an enzyme called cholinesterase (koh'lin-es'tur-ays) which brings about the breakup of acetylcholine to acetic acid and choline once more."

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enzyme

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