- a. acylamidase an amidohydrolase cleaving the acyl group from an anilide by hydrolysis, producing aniline and an acid anion. SYN: arylamidase.
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ar·yl 'ar-əl n a radical (as phenyl) derived from an aromatic hydrocarbon by the removal of one hydrogen atom
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(arґəl) a radical derived from an aromatic compound by removal of a hydrogen atom from the ring. The term can also be used as a prefix.Medical dictionary. 2011.