Usually means: Enzyme that breaks down starch.
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  1. amylase: Merriam-Webster
  2. amylase: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. amylase: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. amylase: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  9. amylase: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  18. amylase: Merriam-Webster

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  1. amylase: Encyclopedia

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  1. amylase: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. Amylase: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. amylase: Natural Health glossary
  5. amylase: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Glossary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (amylase)

noun:  (biochemistry) Any of a class of digestive enzymes, present in saliva and also contributed to the gut by the exocrine pancreas, that break down complex carbohydrates such as starch into simpler sugars such as glucose.

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