Etymology

plastizyme

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Today it means: Any of a type of molecularly imprinted polymer engineered to function as an enzyme, being a catalyst to aid breakdown of molecules, for industrial uses and in environmental remediation. Full definition →

English (en)zyme ← Russian дэ (dɛ) ← Latin de
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  1. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  2. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  3. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  4. Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
  5. Latinplasticus
  6. Englishplasti(c)
  7. Latinde
  8. Russianдэ (dɛ)
  9. Englishde
  10. EnglishEnzym
  11. English(en)zyme
  12. English todayplastizyme

Blend of plasti(c) + (en)zyme.

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