English word acetylhydrolase comes from English hydrolase, English acetyl

Detailed word origin of acetylhydrolase

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
hydrolase	English (eng)	(enzyme) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a substrate.
acetyl	English (eng)	(organic chemistry) The univalent radical CH3CO- derived from acetic acid.
acetylhydrolase	English (eng)	(enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolytic removal of an acetyl group.

Words with the same origin as acetylhydrolase