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VERSUS(law)
versus(dictionary)
versus(dictionary)
Versus purchase(finance)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
Receipt versus payment(finance)
Receive versus payment(finance)
Market versus quote(finance)
Delivery versus payment(money)

aminotransferase (medicine) and versus (oh)


aminotransferase (medicine)


aminotransferase
<enzyme> A family of enzymes that catalyse the transfer of an amino group from an alpha-amino acid to an alpha-keto acid, as in the transfer from glutamic acid to oxaloacetic acid, to form aspartic acid and alpha ketoglutarate.

One reactant is often glutamic acid and the reactions employ pyridoxal phosphate as co-enzyme.


versus (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: 'toward, against', from Latin vertere; VERSE]
v. BrE vs. AmE used to show that two people or teams are competing against each Other in a game or court case
::the New York Knicks versus the LA Lakers
::the Supreme Court decision in Roe vs. Wade
used when comparing the advantages of two different things, ideas etc
::The finance minister must weigh up the benefits of a tax cut versus those of increased public spending.