Usually means: Enzyme that breaks down elastin.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word elastase:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. elastase: Merriam-Webster
  2. elastase: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. elastase: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. elastase: Collins English Dictionary
  5. elastase: Vocabulary.com
  6. elastase: Wordnik
  7. elastase: Wiktionary
  8. elastase: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. elastase: Dictionary.com
  10. Elastase: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. elastase: Rhymezone
  12. elastase: FreeDictionary.org
  13. elastase: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. elastase: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. elastase: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. elastase: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Elastase: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. elastase: Medical dictionary
  6. Elastase: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (elastase)

▸ noun:  An endopeptidase enzyme involved in the breakdown of elastin.

Similar:
elastinase, elastinolysis, metalloelastase, elastokine, elastomucoproteinase, endopeptidase, elasticin, proelastase, elaterase, elafin, more...

Opposite:
inelastic, rigid, inflexible, stiff, immobile

Phrases:
leukocyte elastase, Pancreatic elastase, elastase inhibitor, Neutrophil elastase, more...

Adjectives:
human, pancreatic, porcine, purified, free, granulocyte, active, leucocyte, neutrophil, derived, crystalline

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Similar:
elastinase, elastinolysis, metalloelastase, elastokine, elastomucoproteinase, endopeptidase, elasticin, proelastase, elaterase, elafin, more...

Opposite:
inelastic, rigid, inflexible, stiff, immobile

Phrases:
leukocyte elastase, Pancreatic elastase, elastase inhibitor, Neutrophil elastase, more...

Adjectives:
human, pancreatic, porcine, purified, free, granulocyte, active, leucocyte, neutrophil, derived, crystalline



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