enzymatic

adjective

en·​zy·​mat·​ic ˌen-zə-ˈma-tik How to pronounce enzymatic (audio)
variants or less commonly enzymic
: of, relating to, or produced by an enzyme
enzymatically adverb
or less commonly enzymically

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Try the ribeye, wet-aged in its own enzymatic juices, which allows for a tender steak. Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Dec. 2025 Built to bring Carbios’s enzymatic depolymerization technology to the Asian market, the PET biorecycling plan will be located on a site, provided by Wankai, in Haining, a county-level city in the Zhejiang Province of China. Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 4 Dec. 2025 Governments and engineers must build local capacity for key inputs (for example, yeast or enzymatic factories to make nucleotides, domestic lipase production, or even alternate capping chemistries) to make regional hubs self-sufficient. Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 19 Nov. 2025 Avoid apples with soft spots because this indicates bruising and enzymatic breakdown, leading to a mealy texture.2 3. Sherri Gordon, Health, 19 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for enzymatic

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First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of enzymatic was in 1900

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“Enzymatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enzymatic. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.

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enzymatic

adjective
en·​zy·​mat·​ic ˌen-zə-ˈmat-ik How to pronounce enzymatic (audio)
variants also enzymic
: of, relating to, or produced by an enzyme
enzymatically adverb
also enzymically

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