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disaccharidases

disaccharidases is the plural of disaccharidase.

Meaning of disaccharidase

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.

Questions about disaccharidases

What is disaccharidases the plural of?
Disaccharidases is the plural of disaccharidase.

Words near disaccharidases in the dictionary

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

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