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AMYLOLYSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amylolysis mean? 

AMYLOLYSIS (noun)
  The noun AMYLOLYSIS has 1 sense:

1. conversion of starch to sugarplay

  Familiarity information: AMYLOLYSIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AMYLOLYSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Conversion of starch to sugar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("amylolysis" is a kind of...):

chemical action; chemical change; chemical process ((chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved)

Derivation:

amylolytic (of or related to the process of amylolysis)


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