a substance, produced by all living things, which helps a chemical change happen or happen more quickly, without being changed itselfEnzymes are essential to the body’s functioning.see alsoproteinOxford Collocations DictionaryEnzyme is used before these nouns: deficiencyEnzyme is used after these nouns: liverSeefull entrySee related entries:Cell biologyWord Originlate 19th cent.: coined in German from modern Greek enzumos ‘leavened’, from en- ‘within’ + Greek zumē ‘leaven’.
See enzyme in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic EnglishSee enzyme in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
