Medical Dictionary
protease
noun pro·te·ase \ˈprōt-ē-ˌās, -ˌāz\
Medical Definition of PROTEASE
: any of numerous enzymes that hydrolyze proteins and are classified according to the most prominent functional group (as serine or cysteine) at the active site—called also proteinase; compare peptidase
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