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disaccharidase

disaccharidase noun: any of a class of glycoside hydrolases, enzymes that break down disaccharides into monosaccharides.

Noun

disaccharidase (plural disaccharidases)

  1. Any of a class of glycoside hydrolases, enzymes that break down disaccharides into monosaccharides
    • Lactase is a disaccharidase that breaks down lactose into glucose and galactose.

Forms of disaccharidase

pluraldisaccharidases

Origin of disaccharidase

From disaccharide + -ase.

Questions about disaccharidase

What does disaccharidase mean?
Disaccharidase means any of a class of glycoside hydrolases, enzymes that break down disaccharides into monosaccharides.
What part of speech is disaccharidase?
Disaccharidase is a noun.
What is the plural of disaccharidase?
The plural of disaccharidase is disaccharidases.

Words near disaccharidase in the dictionary

  1. disabusers
  2. disabuses
  3. disabuseth
  4. disabusing
  5. disacceptance
  6. disaccharidase
  7. disaccharidases
  8. disaccharide
  9. disaccharides
  10. disaccharidic
  11. disaccommodate

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