Synonyms & related words for sulphatase

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Words related to sulphatase

Explore words related to sulphatase — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include enzyme, sulfatase, pectase, dehydrochlorinase, exopeptidase, inulase, endoenzyme, exoenzyme. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does sulphatase come from?

The word sulphatase breaks down into 3 roots of Latin and Greek origin: sulph, from Latin sulphur (“brimstone, sulfur”); -at, from Latin atus (“salt of an acid”); and -ase, from Greek ase (“enzyme (abstracted from diastase, Greek diastasis 'separation')”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.