Associations to the word «Phosphatase»

Wiktionary

PHOSPHATASE, noun. (enzyme) Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze phosphate esters, and are important in the metabolism of carbohydrates, nucleotides and phospholipids, and in the formation of bone.

Dictionary definition

PHOSPHATASE, noun. Any of a group of enzymes that act as a catalyst in the hydrolysis of organic phosphates.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King