metacaspaseWiktionary 原文英美构词拆解metameta-前缀caspasecaspase词干meta-(anatomy and zoology) Behind. [From 19th century] · (botany and zoology) Later or subsequent. [From 19th century]词源说明From meta- + caspase.释义名词noun1Any of a class of arginine/lysine-specific enzymes related to the caspases and paracaspases, and found in plants, fungi, and protists.