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means it's an enzyme - so it catalyzes a chemical reaction polymer- means it catalyzes the formation of a polymer DNA- means the polymer whose formation it catalyzes is DNA - DNA is a polynucleotide (a polymer of nucleotides, a million nucleotides strung together)

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DNA is a polymer (a long chain of repeating molecular material) ase designates an enzyme.
DNA polymerase is an enzyme that acts on the DNA polymer.

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