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Definition of "aminotransferase" []

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "aminotransferase" in a sentence
  • "• Liver function, looking at measures such as the enzyme alanine aminotransferase, or ALT"
  • "The purpose of the current study was to investigate to what extent metabolic syndrome in adolescents was associated with elevated levels of the liver enzyme alanine aminotransferase ALT, a marker of NAFLD."
  • "The AST test is often done to determine liver function in conjunction with other tests, including alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP)."