egg yolk amylase
Source: wiktionary
Amylase
//ˈæmɪleɪs//
Synonyms for "amylase"
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30 translations across 27 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- amilasa noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 澱粉酶 /淀粉酶 noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Czech
1 entries- amyláza noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Danish
1 entries- amylase noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Dutch
1 entries- amylase noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Esperanto
1 entries- amelazo noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Estonian
1 entries- amülaas noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Finnish
1 entries- amylaasi noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
French
1 entries- amylase noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
German
1 entries- Amylase noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Greek
1 entries- αμυλάση noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Hebrew
1 entries- עמילאז noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Hungarian
1 entries- amiláz noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Indonesian
1 entries- amilase noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Irish
1 entries- amaláis noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Italian
1 entries- amilasi noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Japanese
1 entries- アミラーゼ noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Korean
2 entries- 아밀라아제 noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
- 아밀레이스 noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Māori
1 entries- whākōkī hūware noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Norwegian
1 entries- amylase noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Polish
2 entries- amylaza noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
- diastaza noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Portuguese
2 entries- amilase noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
- amílase noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Russian
1 entries- амила́за noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Spanish
1 entries- amilasa noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Swedish
1 entries- amylas noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Ukrainian
1 entries- амілаза noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Vietnamese
1 entries- amilaza noun (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch)
Sample sentences
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Egg yolks contain a starch-digesting enzyme, amylase, that is remarkably resistant to heat. Unless a starch-egg mix is brought to a full boil, the yolk amylase will survive, digest the starch, and turn the stiff cream into a pourable one.
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