streptodornase

streptodornase
A “dornase” (deoxyribonuclease) obtained from streptococci; used with streptokinase to facilitate drainage in septic surgical conditions.

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strep·to·dor·nase .strep-tō-'dȯr-.nās, -.nāz n a deoxyribonuclease from hemolytic streptococci that causes hydrolysis of DNA and deoxyribonucleoprotein outside of living cells or in the nuclei of degenerating cells and dissolves pus and that is usu. administered in a mixture with streptokinase see VARIDASE

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n.
an enzyme produced by some haemolytic bacteria of the genus Streptococcus that is capable of liquefying pus. See also streptokinase.

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strep·to·dor·nase (strep″to-dorґnās) [streptococcus + deoxyribonuclease] a deoxyribonuclease produced by hemolytic streptococci; see also under streptokinase.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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