enzyme
noun/ˈenzaɪm/
/ˈenzaɪm/
(biology)- a substance that is produced by all living things and that helps a chemical change happen or happen more quickly, without being changed itself
- Enzymes are essential to the body’s functioning.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEnzyme is used before these nouns:- deficiency
- liver
Word Originlate 19th cent.: coined in German from modern Greek enzumos ‘leavened’, from en- ‘within’ + Greek zumē ‘leaven’.Definitions on the go
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