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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sucrase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables
su-crase
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a number of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of sucrose to fructose and glucose or to their respective homopolysaccharides

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From sucrose + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

sucrases (plural)

Derived Forms

alternansucrase dextransucrase fructansucrase glucansucrase levansucrase

Synonyms

invertase saccharase

Questions

What does sucrase mean?
Any of a number of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of sucrose to fructose and glucose or to their respective homopolysaccharides
Where does sucrase come from?
From sucrose + -ase.

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