carbonic anhydrase

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(an hīdrās, -drāz)


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carbonic an•hydrase  (an hīdrās, -drāz),USA pronunciation [Biochem.]
  1. Biochemistryan enzyme that catalyzes the reversible combination of carbon dioxide with water in red blood cells.
  • anhydr- + -ase 1835–45

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