Definition of butyrylcholinesterase
: an enzyme related to acetylcholinesterase that has a soluble form occurring chiefly in blood plasma and promoting the hydrolysis of choline esters
— called also cholinesterase, pseudocholinesterase
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The first known use of butyrylcholinesterase was in 1952
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