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enzyme

/ˈɛn.zaɪm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.82 in modern English

Syllables
en-zyme
IPA
/ˈɛn.zaɪm/
20
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Leavened bread, as opposed to azyme.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From German Enzym, coined 1878 by the German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + ζύμη (zúmē, “leaven”). By surface analysis, en- + zyme.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

enzymes (plural)

Derived Forms

abzyme alloenzyme allozyme antienzyme antizyme apoenzyme chemzyme coenzyme cuproenzyme ecoenzyme ectoenzyme electroenzyme

Phrases

adaptive enzyme angiotensin converting enzyme angiotensin-converting enzyme angiotensin converting enzyme 1 angiotensin converting enzyme 2 enzyme-inducing medication enzyme-inhibiting medication enzyme inhibitor

Frequently Paired Words

zymase zymo- zymogen zymogenic zymogram ribozyme

Rhymes With

time crime prime safe prime climb lime dime paradigm rhyme sublime slime sophie germain prime

Questions

How do you pronounce enzyme?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛn.zaɪm/.
What does enzyme mean?
A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function.
Where does enzyme come from?
It is traced to German.

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