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pyocyanase

noun pyo·cy·a·nase \ˌpī-ō-ˈsī-ə-ˌnās, -ˌnāz\

Medical Definition of PYOCYANASE

:  a mixture of antibiotics once regarded as a specific bacteriolytic enzyme that is obtained from a bacterium of the genus Pseudomonas (P. aeruginosa) and that is a soluble yellowish green alkaline amorphous substance capable of digesting various other bacteria

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