Synonyms & related words for dehydrogenase

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of dehydrogenase. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to dehydrogenase

Explore words related to dehydrogenase — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include decarboxylase, hydroxylase, lyase, reductase, carboxylase, isomerase, synthetase, oxidoreductase. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does dehydrogenase come from?

The word dehydrogenase breaks down into 4 roots of Latin and Greek origin: de-, from Latin de (“removal, away”); hydro, from Greek hydor (“water/hydrogen”); gen, from Greek gennao (“produce, generate”); and -ase, from Greek ase (“enzyme”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.