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macroamylases

macroamylases is the plural of macroamylase.

Meaning of macroamylase

Noun

macroamylase (plural macroamylases)

  1. A high-molecular weight form (that is, a macroenzyme form) of amylase that is bound as a complex to a globulin and is therefore not excreted in the urine.
    • [To our knowledge, the simultaneous presence of macroamylase and macrolipase in the same patient has been previously reported in only four cases. Interestingly, two of those patients had celiac disease. If macroamylase and macrolipase are present, the possibility of celiac disease should be...2003, Oita T, Yamashiro A, Mizutani F, Tamura A, Sakizono K, Okada A, “[Simultaneous presence of macroamylase and macrolipase in a patient with celiac disease]”, in Rinsho Byori [Japanese Journal of...

Questions about macroamylases

What is macroamylases the plural of?
Macroamylases is the plural of macroamylase.

Words near macroamylases in the dictionary

  1. macroamphiphile
  2. macroamphiphiles
  3. macroamylasaemia
  4. macroamylase
  5. macroamylasemia
  6. macroamylases
  7. macroanalyses
  8. macroanalysis
  9. macroanalyst
  10. macroanalysts
  11. macroanalytical

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