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noun
A β-galactosidase enzyme that is involved in the hydrolysis of the disaccharide lactose into constituent galactose and glucose monomers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Lactaid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disaccharidase
History
From lacto- + -ase.
Across languages
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
