SINCE 1828
adenase
noun
ad·e·nase
| \ ˈad-ᵊn-ˌās
, -ˌāz
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, -ˌāz
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Medical Definition of adenase
: an enzyme found especially in animal tissue (as liver) that hydrolyzes adenine to hypoxanthine and ammonia
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