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1. <cardiology> An object or substance that influences the rate at which a certain phenomenon occurs, often used alone to indicate the natural cardiac pacemaker or an artificial cardiac pacemaker.
2. <biochemistry> A substance whose rate of reaction sets the pace for a series of interrelated reactions.
(24 Mar 1998)
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