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From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
adenosine deaminase
n : an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination
of adenosine into inosine and ammonia; "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 isolated and cloned for study" [syn: ADA]