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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Diastase

/dī'-əs-tāsˌ/ · Di·a·stase · IPA /ˈdaɪəsteɪz/
01 n. A soluble enzyme, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar.
  1. 1.
    A soluble enzyme, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar.(Physiol. Chem.)