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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various enzymes, such as amylase, that catalyze the hydrolysis of a carbohydrate.
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- noun biochemistry Any
enzyme that catalyses thehydrolysis ofpolysaccharides into simplesugars
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Acid also kills germs in food small intestine here pancreatic juice (containing (duodenum and carbohydrase, protease, lipase)
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