Synonyms & related words for transcriptase

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Words related to transcriptase

Explore words related to transcriptase — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include polymerase, replicase, deoxyribonuclease, exonuclease, endonuclease, gyrase, ribozyme, streptodornase. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does transcriptase come from?

The word transcriptase breaks down into 3 roots of Latin and French origin: tran-, from Latin trans (“across, over”); script, from Latin scribere (“to write (pp. scriptus)”); and -ase, from French -ase (“enzyme”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.