- indicating an enzyme: oxidase
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ASE,
-ase,
- Stock Exchange, See American Stock Exchange.
-ase,
- a suffix used in the names of enzymes:oxidase.
- extracted from diastase
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-ase suffix forming nouns
'ASE' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-ase
- lipase
- lyase
- protease
- reductase
- ribonuclease
- sucrase
- adenosine triphosphatase
- aldolase
- American Stock Exchange
- amidase
- aminase
- amylase
- apyrase
- arginase
- asparaginase
- ATPase
- betagalactosidase
- carbonic anhydrase
- carboxylase
- catalase
- cellulase
- chlorophyllase
- cyclase
- deaminase
- decarboxylase
- dehydrochlorinase
- dehydrogenase
- dextranase
- diaphorase
- diastase
- dipeptidase
- disaccharidase
- DNA polymerase
- elastase
- enzyme
- esterase
- gyrase
- histaminase
- hyaluronidase
- hydrase
- hydrolase
- hydroxylase
- inulase
- invertase
- isomerase
- kinase
- lactase
- ligase
- maltase