Angiotensinase


angiotensinase

angiotensinase an·gi·o·ten·si·nase (ān’jē-ō-těn’sə-nās’, -nāz’)
n.

a peptidase in tissues and plasma that degrades angiotensin ii.

any of several enzymes in the blood that hydrolyze angiotensin.

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