echidnase
Meanings
noun
- An enzyme, found in the venom of some vipers, that acts as a fibrinogen-clotting agent (a thrombin-like enzyme).
Word forms
Etymology
From Greek ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “snake, viper”) + -ase.
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