caspase

1. 1.

   any of a group of proteases that mediate apoptosis

   Broaderprotease

Other forms of caspase

plural

caspases·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about caspase

What does caspase mean?

caspase means "any of a group of proteases that mediate apoptosis".

How many syllables are in caspase?

caspase has 2 syllables and divides as ca-spase under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.