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6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream
originBorrowed from French lipase. By surface analysis, lipo- + -ase
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0