Home › Words › C › chitodextrinasechitodextrinasechitodextrinase means chitinase.EtymologyFrom chitodextrin + -ase.nounchitinaseDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.endochitinolysis 73% match — chitinolysis at a terminal linkage vs chitodextrinase →chitinolysis 73% match — The enzymatic hydrolysis of chitin into chitobiose vs chitodextrinase →chitodisaccharide 70% match — Any disaccharide derived from chitin vs chitodextrinase →chitodextrin 70% match — A form of dextrin derived from chitin. vs chitodextrinase →chitobiosidase 69% match — Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a chitobioside vs chitodextrinase →chitosanolytic 68% match — That hydrolyzes chitosans vs chitodextrinase →chitinase 67% match — Any enzyme that hydrolyzes chitin. vs chitodextrinase →chitosanase 67% match — An enzyme that catalyses the endohydrolysis of beta-(1->4)-linkages between D-glucosamine residues in a partly acetylated chitosan. vs chitodextrinase →