enzymatically
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- adverb
- /ɪnˈzaɪmətɪkli/
- Specialized
- Not to dissuade you, but without dairy in your diet, your body will lose the ability to enzymatically digest dairy products, so going back to pizza and gelato might be tough on your digestive tract.
- enzymatically converted
Examples
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A HER2-binding affibody was enzymatically conjugated to a synthetic PNA probe, and a complementary PNA probe was labeled with 125I or 111In.
Academic text (2017) -
Enzymatically speaking, your stomach can even adapt over time to eating heavily tainted food that has been rotting for a while.
Blog text (16) -
The alkaloid, monocrotaline, is enzymatically converted to a toxic form for most animals, but not in Utethesia.
Academic text (1999) -
Nevertheless, data indicate that the evolution of (enzymatically detectable) infarct size over time in humans shows a pattern similar to that in animals.
Academic text (2000) -
These fragments are radioactively labeled and used to probe other strains' DNA that has been enzymatically cut into small pieces and separated on an agarose gel that has been subjected to electric current.
Academic text (1994) -
Anandamide is synthesized enzymatically in areas of the brain that are important for memory.
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To begin with, the brain, which is composed mostly of fats, enzymatically converts cholesterol to pregnenolone and DHEA.
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The alkaloid, monocrotaline, is enzymatically converted to a toxic form for most animals.
Synonyms
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In a way that makes a chemical reaction happen faster
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Enzymatically comes from the word enzyme, which itself comes from Greek parts en- 'in' and zymē 'leaven' or 'yeast'. Think of how yeast makes bread rise: enzymes are tiny helpers that make chemical changes, so enzymatically means 'involving enzymes'.