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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A genetically engineered enzyme used to hydrolyze the DNA in bronchial mucus, facilitating its expectoration, in the treatment of cystic fibrosis.
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- noun A highly purified
solution ofrecombinant human deoxyribonuclease I (rhDNase), anenzyme which selectively cleaves DNA. It is used to treatcystic fibrosis .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Alteration of (recombinant human) d(e)o(xy)r(ibo)n(ucle)ase (1) + alteration of alpha.]
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