Usually means: Enzyme that breaks down proteins.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. protease: Merriam-Webster
  2. protease: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. protease: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. protease: Collins English Dictionary
  5. protease: Vocabulary.com
  6. Protease, protease: Wordnik
  7. protease: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Protease: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. protease: Rhymezone
  10. protease: FreeDictionary.org
  11. protease: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. protease: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. protease: Wiktionary
  14. protease: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  15. protease: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  16. protease: Infoplease Dictionary
  17. protease: Dictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. protease: Encyclopedia

Medicine (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. protease: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Protease: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
  5. protease: Natural Health glossary
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
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  9. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  10. Microbial Genetics Glossary (No longer online)
  11. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  12. protease: Medical dictionary
  13. Protease: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  2. Protease: Biology dictionary
  3. Glossary of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  4. AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY (No longer online)

(Note: See proteases as well.)

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noun:  (biochemistry) An enzyme that cuts or cleaves proteins.

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