enzyme vs adenosine deaminase

adenosine deaminase vs enzyme

enzyme and adenosine deaminase both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
enzyme	Yes	No	No	No
adenosine deaminase	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, adenosine deaminase is a hyponym of enzyme; that is, adenosine deaminase is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than enzyme:

enzyme: any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions
adenosine deaminase: an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia

Other hyponyms of enzyme include ADA, amylase, cholinesterase, coagulase, collagenase, complement, catalase, Cox, cyclooxygenase, decarboxylase, de-iodinase, disaccharidase, elastase, enterokinase, histaminase, hyaluronidase, Hyazyme, spreading factor, isomerase, kinase, lipase, lysozyme, muramidase, MAO, monoamine oxidase, nitrogenase, nuclease, oxidase, oxidoreductase, papain, beta-lactamase, penicillinase, pepsin, pepsinogen, phosphatase, fibrinolysin, plasmin, polymerase, peptidase, protease, proteinase, proteolytic enzyme, reductase, chymosin, rennin, secretase, streptodornase, streptokinase, SOD, superoxide dismutase, telomerase, transferase, trypsin, urease, zymase, convertase.

enzyme (noun)	adenosine deaminase (noun)
any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions	an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia

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