enzyme

名词 enzyme:

1. any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions

1. Any of the chemically distinct forms of an enzyme that perform the same biochemical function.
   同工酶，同功酶具有相同的生化功能的一种酶的不同化学形式中的任一种
2. A substance, especially an enzyme, that initiates or modifies the rate of a chemical reaction in a living body; a biochemical catalyst.
   生物催化剂能在活的体内产生化学反应或改变生物体内化学反应速度的物质，尤指酶; 生物化学催化剂
3. An enzyme that promotes the passage of a substance across a cell membrane.
   透性酶激活另一种物质穿透细胞膜的一种酶

en.zyme

n.（名词）
Any of numerous proteins or conjugated proteins produced by living organisms and functioning as biochemical catalysts.
酶：由活的有机体产生的各种蛋白质或蛋白质结合体的一种，起生物催化剂的作用

来源：
German Enzym
德语 Enzym
from Medieval Greek enzumos [leavened]
源自 中世纪希腊语 enzumos [使发酵]
Greek en- [in] * see en- 2
希腊语 en- [在…里] *参见 en-2
Greek zumô [leaven, yeast]
希腊语 zumô [发酵剂，酵母]

【引伸】
en.zymat.ic
en.zymat.ically 或
enzy.mically
adv.（副词）