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BIOCATALYST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does biocatalyst mean?
• BIOCATALYST (noun)
The noun BIOCATALYST has 1 sense:
1. a biochemical catalyst such as an enzyme
Familiarity information: BIOCATALYST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A biochemical catalyst such as an enzyme
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("biocatalyst" is a kind of...):
accelerator; catalyst ((chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected)
Derivation:
biocatalytic (of or relating to biocatalysts)
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