hydrase

[ hahy-dreys, -dreyz ]

nounBiochemistry.
  1. any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the addition of a water molecule into a compound without causing hydrolysis.

Origin of hydrase

1
First recorded in 1940–45; hydr-1 + -ase

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