CHOLINESTERASE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine (into choline and acetic acid)

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("cholinesterase" is a kind of...):

enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)

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 Context examples: 

Malathion exerts its action on the nervous system of the lice by irreversibly inhibiting the activity of cholinesterase, thereby allowing acetylcholine to accumulate at cholinergic synapses and enhancing cholinergic receptor stimulation.

(Malathion, NCI Thesaurus)