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Lysozyme

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Noun

1. lysozyme, muramidase

an enzyme found in saliva and sweat and tears that destroys the cell walls of certain bacteria

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lysozyme

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noun
an enzyme occurring in tears, certain body tissues, and egg white: destroys bacteria by hydrolysing polysaccharides in their cell walls

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Lysozyme

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noun
an enzyme present in egg white, tears, saliva, etc. that can kill certain bacteria by dissolving the cell walls

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lysozyme

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n.
An enzyme occurring naturally in egg white, human tears, saliva, and other body fluids, capable of destroying the cell walls of certain bacteria and thereby acting as a mild antiseptic.

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