pseudocholinesterase

English edit

Etymology edit

From pseudo- +‎ cholinesterase.

Noun edit

pseudocholinesterase (countable and uncountable, plural pseudocholinesterases)

  1. (biochemistry) One of the two types of cholinesterase (the other being acetylcholinesterase), found primarily in the liver where it hydrolyses butyrylcholine.
    Synonyms: acylcholine acylhydrolase, butyrylcholinesterase, plasma cholinesterase