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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of a number of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of sucrose to fructose and glucose or to their respective homopolysaccharides countable, uncountable
2. 2
   an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

invertaseinvertasesaccharase

Etymology

From sucrose + -ase.

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