pseudocholinesterase

English

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ cholinesterase.

Noun

pseudocholinesterase (countable and uncountable, plural pseudocholinesterases)

1. (biochemistry) One of the two types of cholinesterase (the other being acetylcholinesterase), found primarily in the liver where it hydrolyses butyrylcholine.

   Synonyms: acylcholine acylhydrolase, butyrylcholinesterase, plasma cholinesterase