PHOSPHODIESTERASE

ˌfä(ˌ)sfōˌdīˈestəˌrās, -ˈdīˌe-, -āz noun

Etymology: phosph- + diester + -ase

: a phosphatase (as from snake venom) that acts on diesters (as some nucleotides) to hydrolyze only one of the two ester groups — compare phosphomonoesterase