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ar·gi·nase  audio  (ärj-ns, -nz) KEY 

NOUN:
An enzyme found primarily in the liver that catalyzes the hydrolysis of arginine to form urea and ornithine.
ETYMOLOGY:
From German Arginin, arginine ; see arginine


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