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lysozyme
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lysozyme has 1 sense
- lysozyme(n = noun.substance) muramidase - an enzyme found in saliva and sweat and tears that destroys the cell walls of certain bacteria; Array is a kind of enzyme
OXFORD DICTIONARY
lysozyme, n. Biochem. an enzyme found in tears and egg-white which catalyses the destruction of cell walls of certain bacteria.
Etymology
LYSIS + ENZYME
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