Diastase /(?)/

Di·a·stase

Diastase

n.

[Gr. separation, fr. , to stand apart; dia` through + , , to stand, set: cf. F. diastase. Cf. Diastasis.]

A soluble enzyme, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar. (Physiol. Chem.)

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