Term: proenzyme: any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active
Broader: organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical | Unrelated: thermography: diagnostic technique using a thermograph to record the heat produced by different parts of the body; used to study blood flow and to detect tumors
Broader: organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical | Unrelated: jacobite: a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts
Broader: organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical | Unrelated: centrosema: a genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers
Broader: organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical | Unrelated: paper towel: a disposable towel made of absorbent paper
Broader: organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical | Unrelated: potter wasp: any of various solitary wasps that construct vase-shaped cells of mud for their eggs
Broader: organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical | Unrelated: ranatra: elongate very slender water scorpions
Broader: organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical | Unrelated: miridae: leaf bugs
Broader: organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical | Unrelated: karyotype: the appearance of the chromosomal makeup of a somatic cell in an individual or species (including the number and arrangement and size and structure of the chromosomes)
Broader: organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical | Unrelated: miles gloriosus: a braggart soldier (a stock figure in comedy)
Broader: organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical | Unrelated: davallia: any fern of the genus Davallia; having scaly creeping rhizomes