Medical Dictionary
alanine aminotransferase
noun
Medical Definition of ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE
: an enzyme which promotes transfer of an amino group from glutamic acid to pyruvic acid and which when present in abnormally high levels in the blood is a diagnostic indication of liver disease—abbreviation ALT; called also glutamic pyruvic transaminase
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