GLUTAMIC OXALOACETIC TRANSAMINASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase mean? 

• GLUTAMIC OXALOACETIC TRANSAMINASE (noun)
  The noun GLUTAMIC OXALOACETIC TRANSAMINASE has 1 sense:

1. an enzyme involved in transamination

  Familiarity information: GLUTAMIC OXALOACETIC TRANSAMINASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLUTAMIC OXALOACETIC TRANSAMINASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An enzyme involved in transamination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

glutamic oxalacetic transaminase; glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase

Hypernyms ("glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase" is a kind of...):

aminopherase; aminotransferase; transaminase (a class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound))

 Context examples 

Severe inability of the liver to function normally, as evidenced by severe jaundice and abnormal levels of ammonia, bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, lactic dehydrogenase, and reversal of the albumin/globulin ratio.

(Liver Failure, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)