-ase

-ase

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

English

Etymology

Derived from ending of diastase

Suffix

-ase

1. Used to form the names of enzymes.

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_words_suffixed_with_-ase' title='Category:English words suffixed with -ase'>English words suffixed with -ase</a>

Translations

forms the names of enzymes

Czech: -áza f Finnish: -aasi Hindi: -एद (-ēda) Hungarian: -áz Irish: -áis f

Italian: -asi (it) 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

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Indonesian

Etymology 1

Dutch -age.

Suffix

-ase

1. -age

Etymology 2

English -ase.

Suffix

-ase

1. (chemistry) -ase

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Portuguese

Suffix

-ase f

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

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Portuguese_words_suffixed_with_-ase' title='Category:Portuguese words suffixed with -ase'>Portuguese words suffixed with -ase</a>