SINCE 1828
dehydrochlorinase
noun
de·hy·dro·chlo·ri·nase
| \ (ˌ)dē-ˌhī-drə-ˈklōr-ə-ˌnās, -ˈklȯr-, -ˌnāz
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Medical Definition of dehydrochlorinase
: an enzyme that dehydrochlorinates a chlorinated hydrocarbon (as DDT) and is found especially in some DDT resistant insects
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