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Where does “lipase” come from?

Lipase is a French scientific term derived from Latin līpa, meaning fat, combined with the suffix -āse denoting an enzyme.

lipase (English): Any of a group of enzymes which catalyses the...

Definitions

  1. Any of a group of enzymes which catalyses the...

Ancestry of “lipase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlipase—

Words derived from “lipase”

  • phospholipase
  • colipase
  • procolipase
  • exolipase
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