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AMYLOLYSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does amylolysis mean?
• AMYLOLYSIS (noun)
The noun AMYLOLYSIS has 1 sense:
1. conversion of starch to sugar
Familiarity information: AMYLOLYSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conversion of starch to sugar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("amylolysis" is a kind of...):
chemical action; chemical change; chemical process ((chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved)
Derivation:
amylolytic (of or related to the process of amylolysis)
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