Etymology

atroxase

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Today it means: An endopeptidase enzyme, found in the venom of the diamondback rattlesnake Crotalus atrox, that catalyzes the cleavage of His⁵-Leu, Ser⁹-His, His¹⁰-Leu, Ala¹⁴-Leu and Tyr¹⁶-Leu of insulin B chain. Full definition →

Latin atrox
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromatrox
  2. English todayatroxase

From Latin atrox + -ase.

Words from the same roots

Latinatrox all →

atrociousgalatrox

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