Usually means: Enzyme that joins molecules together.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. ligase: Merriam-Webster
  2. ligase: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ligase: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ligase: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Ligase, ligase: Wordnik
  6. ligase: Wiktionary
  7. ligase: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. ligase: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. ligase: Dictionary.com
  10. Ligase: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. ligase: FreeDictionary.org
  12. ligase: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ligase: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. ligase: 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. Molecular Biology Glossary (No longer online)
  6. ligase: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. LIGASE: Acronym Finder

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  2. AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY (No longer online)

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  1. ligase: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (ligase)

noun:  (biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the binding of two molecules; synthetase.

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