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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a set of enzymes believed to snip pieces off a longer protein producing fragments of amyloid protein that bunch up and create amyloid protein plaques in brain tissue (the pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's); 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

secretase
    n 1: a set of enzymes believed to snip pieces off a longer
         protein producing fragments of amyloid protein that bunch
         up and create amyloid protein plaques in brain tissue (the
         pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's)