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ex•o•en•zyme
(ek′sō en′zīm),USA pronunciation n. [Biochem.]
- Biochemistryan enzyme, as pepsin, that functions outside the cell producing it. Also called ectoenzyme. Cf. endoenzyme.
- exo- + enzyme 1920–25
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