Usually means: Enzymes that break down starch.
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  1. amylases: Merriam-Webster
  2. amylases: Collins English Dictionary
  3. amylases: Wiktionary
  4. amylases: Dictionary.com
  5. Amylases: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Amylases: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. amylases: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Amylases: Medical dictionary

(Note: See amylase as well.)

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.
▸ Also see amylase


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