Usually means: Enzymes that break down nucleic acids.
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  1. nucleases: Merriam-Webster
  2. nucleases: Collins English Dictionary
  3. nucleases: Wordnik
  4. nucleases: Wiktionary
  5. nucleases: Dictionary.com
  6. Nucleases: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Nucleases: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Nucleases: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. nucleases: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Nucleases: Medical dictionary
  3. Vitamin Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See nuclease as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (nuclease)

noun:  (biochemistry) Any of several enzymes capable of cleaving the phosphodiester bonds between the nucleotide subunits of nucleic acids.
▸ Also see nuclease


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