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glucase

glucase noun: any enzyme that converts starch into glucose.

Noun

glucase (countable and uncountable, plural glucases)

  1. (dated) Any enzyme that converts starch into glucose.

Forms of glucase

pluralglucases

Origin of glucase

From glucose + -ase.

Words formed from glucase

Questions about glucase

What does glucase mean?
Glucase means any enzyme that converts starch into glucose.
What part of speech is glucase?
Glucase is a noun.
What is the plural of glucase?
The plural of glucase is glucases.

Words near glucase in the dictionary

  1. glucarates
  2. glucaric
  3. glucaric acid
  4. glucarpidase
  5. glucarpidases
  6. glucase
  7. glucases
  8. glucemia
  9. glucic
  10. glucide
  11. glucides

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