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LACTASE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does lactase mean?

• LACTASE (noun)
The noun LACTASE has 1 sense:

1. any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose

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

Dictionary entry details

• LACTASE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

Lactaid; lactase

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

disaccharidase (an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides)

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