Etymology

enzyme

en·zyme
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Today it means: A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function. Full definition →

German Enzym
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  1. German · borrowed fromEnzym
  2. English todayenzyme

From German Enzym, coined 1878 by the German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + ζύμη (zúmē, “leaven”). By surface analysis, en- + zyme.

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