-ase

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See also: ase, ASE, asé, asè, asė, åse, Åse, and Āsè

English

Etymology

Derived from ending of diastase; a libfix

Suffix

-ase

Used to form the names of enzymes.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ase

Translations

forms the names of enzymes

Bulgarian: -а́за f (-áza)
Czech: -áza f
Finnish: -aasi
Hindi: -एद (-ed)
Hungarian: -áz
Indonesian: -ase
Irish: -áis f
Italian: -asi (it)
Polish: -aza f
Portuguese: -ase f
Spanish: -asa (es)
Swedish: -as (sv) c
Welsh: -as (cy)

See also

Enzyme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

AES, EAS, EAs, ESA, Esa, SAE, SEA, Sea, a**es, aes, eas, esa, sea

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Hyphenation: asê

Etymology 1

From Dutch -age, from French -age, from Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum.

Suffix

asê

-age: action; result of an action.

Alternative forms

-aj (Standard Malay)

Etymology 2

From English -ase.

Suffix

asê

(chemistry) -ase

Derived terms

Indonesian terms suffixed with -ase

Portuguese

Suffix

-ase f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ases)

(chemistry) -ase (forms the names of enzymes)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ase

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