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polymerase (n.)

"enzyme which catalyzes the formation of a polymer," 1866, coined by Berzelius (1830) from polymer + -ase.

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Definitions of polymerase from WordNet

polymerase (n.)
an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA;
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