disaccharidase

[ dahy-sak-er-i-deys, -deyz ]

nounBiochemistry.
  1. an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides, as sucrose or lactose, to produce monosaccharides, as fructose or glucose.

Origin of disaccharidase

1
First recorded in 1960–65; disaccharide + -ase

Words Nearby disaccharidase

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