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Definition of replicase
: a polymerase of viruses that promotes synthesis of a particular RNA in the presence of a template of RNA
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Origin and Etymology of replicase
replication + -ase
Medical Dictionary
replicase
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noun
rep·li·case
\ˈrep-li-ˌkās, -ˌkāz\
Medical Definition of replicase
: a polymerase that promotes synthesis of a particular RNA in the presence of a template of RNA—called also RNA replicase, RNA synthetase
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