English

exophosphatase

From exo- + phosphatase.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out of’

Proto-Hellenic *eks

Ancient Greek ἐκ ‘Out of, from’

Ancient Greek ἔξω ‘outer’

English exo-

Today it means

noun Any phosphatase that hydrolyses polyphosphate from the end of its chain

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