echidnase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An enzyme, found in the venom of some vipers, that acts as a fibrinogen-clotting agent (a thrombin-like enzyme).

Word forms

echidnase

Etymology

From Greek ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “snake, viper”) + -ase.

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