Usually means: Enzyme that breaks down lactose.
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  1. lactase: Merriam-Webster
  2. lactase: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lactase: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. lactase: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lactase: Vocabulary.com
  6. Lactase, lactase: Wordnik
  7. lactase: Wiktionary
  8. lactase: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. lactase: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. lactase: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. lactase: Dictionary.com
  12. Lactase: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. lactase: Rhymezone
  14. lactase: FreeDictionary.org
  15. lactase: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. lactase: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Lactase: Health & Beauty Glossary

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  1. lactase: Encyclopedia

Medicine (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. lactase: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Lactase: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  10. lactase: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  11. lactase: Medical dictionary
  12. Lactase: Drug Medical Dictionary
  13. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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  1. Lactase: Beauty & Health Glossary

(Note: See lactases as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (lactase)

noun:  (biochemistry, organic chemistry) A β-galactosidase enzyme that is involved in the hydrolysis of the disaccharide lactose into constituent galactose and glucose monomers.

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