luciferases

Meaning of luciferases

plural noun
  1. an enzyme that catalyses the oxidation of a luciferin, causing it to produce a visible glow.
    the light-producing material in a glow-worm's body is oxidized and broken down, with the aid of an enzyme called luciferase

late 19th century: from Latin lucifer ‘light-bearing’ + -ase.

Information about luciferases

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of luciferases is: luciferase.
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Hyphenation of luciferases

lu-ciferases

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 11 chars.
  • luciferases is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

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