sucrase

English

Etymology

From sucrose +‎ -ase.

Noun

sucrase (countable and uncountable, plural sucrases)

  1. (biochemistry) Any of a number of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of sucrose to fructose and glucose or to their respective homopolysaccharides

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French

Noun

sucrase f (plural sucrases)

  1. sucrase

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