ada
1. [ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 310
2. [ noun ] (biology,chemistry,biochemistry) an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
Synonyms: adenosine_deaminase
Examples:

"ADA deficiency can lead to one form of severe combined immunodeficiency disease" "the gene encoding ADA was one of the earlier human genes to be isolate

Related terms: enzyme
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