Arginase Definition
ärjə-nās, -nāz
noun
An animal enzyme, found esp. in the liver of mammals, important in the hydrolysis of arginine to form urea and ornithine.
Webster's New World
An enzyme found primarily in the liver that catalyzes the hydrolysis of arginine to form urea and ornithine.
American Heritage Medicine
(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of arginine to form urea and ornithine.
Wiktionary
Origin of Arginase
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From German Arginin arginine arginine
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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