n.
An enzyme found in the blood and in most living cells that catalyzes the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen.
[CATAL(YSIS) + -ASE.]
catalatic cat'a·lat'ic (kăt'l-ăt'ĭk) adj.
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