Etymology

monooxygenase

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Today it means: Any oxygenase enzyme that catalyzes the incorporation of a single atom of molecular oxygen into a substrate, the other atom being reduced to water; active in the metabolism of many foreign compounds Full definition →

English oxygenase ← Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)
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  1. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  2. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  3. Englishmono-
  4. Englishoxygenase
  5. English todaymonooxygenase

From mono- + oxygenase.

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