Esterase

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of an ester.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an ester
  • Word Usage
    "If the first possibility were to apply, then we must not find the Ac.Ch. at all, since, as has been shown, esterase is found everywhere in the nerves and this, as we shall soon see, destroys the free Ac.Ch. But we do find it in the nerve."
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