Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun angiotensin-converting_enzyme

1 sense of angiotensin-converting enzyme

Sense 1
angiotensin converting enzyme, angiotensin-converting enzyme, ACE -- (proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II)
       => protease, peptidase, proteinase, proteolytic enzyme -- (any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis)