The suffix "ase" at the end of a word typically indicates an enzyme, which is a protein that catalyzes chemical reactions in living organisms. Enzymes are essential for various biological processes, such as digestion and metabolism.
Lip- means fat and -ase means enzyme. The word means an enzyme that breaks down fat. Lipids are another word meaning fat. When a person goes for a metabolic panel, they get information on the amount of lipids in the blood. Mostly cholesterol and triglycerides. Glucase is an enzyme that breaks down glucose (blood sugar). Sucrase breaks down sucrose (table sugar). All enzymes end in -ase. The first part of the word is what they break down.
"Ism" at the end of a word signifies a belief, principle, or practice. It often indicates a specific doctrine, system, or ideology related to the root word.
The suffix -ous at the end of a word indicates that something is full of or characterized by whatever the root word describes. For example, "poisonous" means full of poison, and "mysterious" means full of mystery.
A prefix is a group of letters that are added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning. It is not related to the word's ending or suffix, but rather modifies the word's definition at the start.
When "less" is at the end of a word, it often means without or lack of that particular thing. For example, "careless" means without care, "helpless" means lacking help, and "endless" means without an end.
Most end in -ase. Examples are carboxypeptidase and hydrolases.
usually end in the suffix -ase
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Enzymes often end with -ase (if they have the function of breaking up some other molecule).
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A protease is an enzyme that helps the process to break down proteins. Any word with -ase at the end is an enzyme. The rest of the word is the substrate or what is acted upon.
The suffix -ase indicates an enzyme, e.g. proteinase, dehydrogenase, hydrogenase, polymerase.
Enzymes usually end with the suffix "ase". Though this is a more modern method of naming enzymes, and rubisco has been identified for awhile now.
By putting the suffix -ase at the end.