Meanings
plural angiotensin converting enzymes · alternative angiotensin-converting enzyme
- biochemistryAn enzyme which catalyzes the creation of angiotensin, and is a strong vasoconstrictor.
2001: Angiotensin is generated in the blood from an inactive precursor called renin. The conversion requires an enzyme known as Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE). — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 43)
Synonyms: ACE
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn enzyme which catalyzes the creation of angiotensin, and is a strong vasoconstrictor.
More synonyms by meaning
nounproteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish angiotensiinikonvertaasin estäjä
- angiotensiinikonvertaasin estäjäenzyme
Portuguese enzima conversora de angiotensina
- enzima conversora de angiotensinaenzyme
Spanish enzima convertidora de angiotensina
- enzima convertidora de angiotensinaenzyme
Ukrainian ангіотензинперетворювальний фермент, АПФ
- ангіотензинперетворювальний ферментenzyme
- АПФ (APF)enzyme
Cite this entry
angiotensin converting enzyme. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angiotensin%20converting%20enzyme
“angiotensin converting enzyme.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angiotensin%20converting%20enzyme. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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