n :  an enzyme promoting transfer of an amino group from glutamic acid to oxaloacetic acid and which when present in abnormally high levels in the blood is a diagnostic indication of myocardial infarction or liver disease - called also aspartate transaminase , glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase  .
 
 
 
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