Usually means: Region where enzyme binds substrate.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. active site: Merriam-Webster
  2. active site: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. active site: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. active site: Collins English Dictionary
  5. active site: Vocabulary.com
  6. active-site: Wordnik
  7. active site: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. active site: Dictionary.com
  9. Active site: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. active site: Rhymezone
  11. active site: FreeDictionary.org
  12. active site: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. active site: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. active site, Active site: Merriam-Webster

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. active site: Legal dictionary
  2. active site: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. active site: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. active site: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Microbial Genetics Glossary (No longer online)
  5. active site: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Active site)

noun:  In biology and biochemistry, the active site is the region of an enzyme where substrate molecules bind and undergo a chemical reaction.

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