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sulfatase

[ suhl-fuh-teys, -teyz ]

noun

, Biochemistry.
  1. any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of sulfuric acid esters.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sulfatase1

< German Sulfatase (1924); sulfate, -ase

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