transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌnu̇r-ə-ˈmi-nə-ˌdās, ˌnyu̇r-, -ˌdāz ]
noun
Etymology: neuramin ic acid, an amino acid + -ide + -ase
Date: 1957
: a hydrolytic enzyme that occurs on the surface of the pneumococcus, influenza-causing viruses, and some paramyxoviruses as an antigen and that splits mucoproteins by breaking a glucoside link