disaccharidase
[ dahy-sak-er-i-deys, -deyz ]
nounBiochemistry.
an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides, as sucrose or lactose, to produce monosaccharides, as fructose or glucose.
Origin of disaccharidase
1First recorded in 1960–65; disaccharide + -ase
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