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The definition of amylase can be any enzyme that aids in the digestion of starches or sugars.

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An example of an amylase enzyme is the enzyme called gluco-amylase.

See amylase in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

an enzyme that helps change starch into sugar: it is found in saliva, pancreatic juice, etc.

Origin: amyl(o)- + -ase

See amylase in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Any of a group of enzymes that are present in saliva, pancreatic juice, and parts of plants and catalyze the hydrolysis of starch to sugar to produce carbohydrate derivatives.

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