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amylases

amylases is the plural of amylase.

Meaning of amylase

Noun

amylase (countable and uncountable, plural amylases)

  1. Any of a class of digestive enzymes, present in saliva and also contributed to the gut by the exocrine pancreas, that break down complex carbohydrates such as starch into simpler sugars such as glucose.
    • egg yolk amylase

Questions about amylases

What is amylases the plural of?
Amylases is the plural of amylase.

Words near amylases in the dictionary

  1. amyl-
  2. amylaceous
  3. amylamine
  4. amylamines
  5. amylase
  6. amylases
  7. amylasic
  8. amylate
  9. amylates
  10. amyle
  11. amylene

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