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dehydrochlorinase

noun de·hy·dro·chlo·ri·nase
\(ˌ)dē-ˌhī-drə-ˈklōr-ə-ˌnās, -ˈklr-, -ˌnāz\

Medical Definition of DEHYDROCHLORINASE

:  an enzyme that dehydrochlorinates a chlorinated hydrocarbon (as DDT) and is found especially in some DDT resistant insects

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