Lysozyme

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An enzyme occurring naturally in egg white, human tears, saliva, and other body fluids, capable of destroying the cell walls of certain bacteria and thereby acting as a mild antiseptic.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A bacteriolytic (or antibiotic) enzyme found in many animal secretions, and in egg white.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an enzyme found in saliva and sweat and tears that destroys the cell walls of certain bacteria
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