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deoxyribonuclease

noun de·oxy·ri·bo·nu·cle·ase
\(ˈ)dē-ˈäk-si-ˌrī-bō-ˈn(y)ü-klē-ˌās, -ˌāz\

Medical Definition of DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE

:  an enzyme that hydrolyzes DNA to nucleotides—called also DNase

Variants of DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE

de·oxy·ri·bo·nu·cle·ase also des·oxy·ri·bo·nu·cle·ase \(ˈ)des-\

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