n :  either of two hydrolytic enzymes that catalyze the splitting off of a hexose from a ganglioside and are deficient in some metabolic diseases  a  :  HEXOSAMINIDASE A  b  :  HEXOSAMINIDASE B .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  hexosaminidase A 
 
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