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neur·amin·i·dase

n :  a hydrolytic enzyme that occurs on the surface of the pneumococcus and the orthomyxoviruses and that cleaves terminal acetylated neuraminic acids from sugar residues (as in glycoproteins and mucoproteins) .
 
   

 
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