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- Englishpolynucleotide
- Ancient Greekδῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
- Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
- Englishdiastase
- English todaypolynucleotidase
From polynucleotide + -ase.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
polynucleotidase
Today it means: Any of several enzymes which catalyze the hydrolysis of polynucleotides to form oligonucleotides and eventually simple nucleotides. Full definition →
English diastase ← Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)