polymerase

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/pəˈlɪməreɪz/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pol′ə mə rās′, -rāz′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pol•y•mer•ase  (pol′ə mə rās′, -rāz′),USA pronunciation n. [Biochem.]
  1. Biochemistryany of several enzymes that catalyze the formation of a long-chain molecule by linking smaller molecular units, as nucleotides with nucleic acids. Cf. DNA polymerase, RNA polymerase. 
  • polymer + -ase 1955–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
polymerase / pəˈlɪməreɪz/
  1. any enzyme that catalyses the synthesis of a polymer, esp the synthesis of DNA or RNA
'polymerase' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
DNA polymerase - PCR - RNA polymerase - gene amplification - polymerase chain reaction - primer - promoter - transcriptase

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