Amylase

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of a group of enzymes that are present in saliva, pancreatic juice, and parts of plants and catalyze the hydrolysis of starch to sugar to produce carbohydrate derivatives.
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  • n. Any of a class of digestive enzymes, present in saliva, that break down complex carbohydrates such as starch into simpler sugars such as glucose.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A ferment which will convert starch into dextrose: it occurs widely distributed in both the animal and the vegetable world. Same as diastase or amylolytic ferment.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    enzyme   
    Hyponym
    ptyalin   
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