Etymology

isoenzyme

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Today it means: Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the same reaction but have structures that are (minorly or substantially) different and have physical, biochemical, and immunological properties that are (minorly or substantially) different. Full definition →

English enzyme ← Russian дэ (dɛ) ← Latin de
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  1. Ancient Greekῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)
  2. Englishiso-
  3. Latinde
  4. Russianдэ (dɛ)
  5. Englishde
  6. EnglishEnzym
  7. Englishenzyme
  8. English todayisoenzyme

From iso- + enzyme.

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