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ADENOSINE DEAMINASE

Dictionary entry overview: What does adenosine deaminase mean?

• ADENOSINE DEAMINASE (noun)
The noun ADENOSINE DEAMINASE has 1 sense:

1. an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia

Familiarity information: ADENOSINE DEAMINASE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ADENOSINE DEAMINASE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

ADA; adenosine deaminase

Context examples:

ADA deficiency can lead to one form of severe combined immunodeficiency disease / the gene encoding ADA was one of the earlier human genes to be isolated and cloned for study

Hypernyms ("adenosine deaminase" is a kind of...):

enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)

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