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antienzyme

antienzyme

8.6
Acting to stop or slow enzymes so they do not work
  • adjective
  • Specialized
translation icon : antienzimático
  • The antienzyme properties of the drug make it effective against certain digestive disorders.

Examples

  • Applying an antienzyme treatment can help preserve the material from biological decay.

  • The researchers developed an antienzyme compound to slow the progression of the disease.

  • This antienzyme is effective.

  • The antienzyme works well.

  • The researchers developed an antienzyme compound to slow the progression of the disease.

  • Applying an antienzyme treatment can help preserve materials from biological decay.

  • The antienzyme properties of the drug help reduce unwanted enzymatic reactions.

Antonyms

enzyme
  • Specialized
90 4.2

A protein made by living cells that makes certain chemical changes in the body happen faster

How Inhibiting

antienzyme
  • Specialized
8.6
inhibitory
3 7.6

Surface Forms

antienzyme positive

Morphology

antienzyme = enzyme (transparent) = anti + enzyme

The meaning is directly compositional: anti- 'opposing' plus enzyme, so it refers to something that inhibits enzymes.

Etymology

Antienzyme comes from the parts anti- 'against' and enzyme, a word from Greek made of en- 'in' and zyme 'leaven', like the part of yeast that makes dough rise. So, as an adjective, antienzyme describes something that works 'against' enzymes and can stop or slow their action.