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catalyst

A compound that enhances the rate of a chemical reaction without itself being used up in the process. It achieves this by combining transiently with the reactants to form a transitional complex having a lower activation energy than that of the uncatalysed reaction. Biological catalysts are known as *enzymes.

 
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