Word: racemases
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: race
ma
ses
Definition: Plural of racemase. Any enzyme that catalyzes the stereochemical inversion of the configuration about an asymmetric carbon atom in a substrate having only one center of asymmetry.
Morphemes:
Affix: raceme
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: racēmus
Language: la
Decoded: racemus
Meaning: cluster, bunch
Affix: -ase
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the names of enzymes.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).