Medical Definition of Chitinolytic

1. Having to do with an enzyme which converts chitin, a polysaccharide that forms the hard, outer shell of arthropods (insects, spiders, crustaceas, etc.) and the cell walls of fungi and some algae, into chitobiose, which is a disaccharide secreted by such things as spiders and some plants. Origin: Gr. Lysis = dissolution (05 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chitinolytic

Chisholm Trail
Chishona
Chisinau
Chislev
chit
chital
chitals
chitchat
chitchats
chitchatted
chitchatting
chitin
chitin
chitinase
chitinoid
chitinolytic (current term)
chitinous
chitinous
chitins
chitin synthase
chitlin
chitling
chitlings
chitlins
chitobiose
chitobiosyldiphosphodolichol beta-mannosyltransferase
chitobiosylpyrophosphoryldolichol synthase
chitodextrinase
chiton
chitons

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