Amylase Definition

ămə-lās, -lāz
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.
American Heritage
An enzyme that helps change starch into sugar: it is found in saliva, pancreatic juice, etc.
Webster's New World
Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of starch to sugars. In humans, amylases are produced in the salivary glands and the pancreas.
American Heritage Medicine

(biochemistry) Any of a class of digestive enzymes, present in saliva, that break down complex carbohydrates such as starch into simpler sugars such as glucose.

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amylase
Plural:
amylases

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