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Definition of Lipase

1. Noun. An enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream.

Definition of Lipase

1. Noun. (enzyme) Any of a group of enzymes which catalyses the hydrolysis of lipids. ¹

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Definition of Lipase

1. an enzyme [n -S] - See also: enzyme

Medical Definition of Lipase

1. An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of fats (monoglycerides, diglycerides and triglycerides) to glycerol and fatty acids. Calcium ions are usually required. (13 Nov 1997)

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Literary usage of Lipase

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Infectious Diseases by Infectious Diseases Society of America, John Rockefeller McCormick Memorial Fund, John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases (1914)
"These experiments were carried out in such a manner as to be roughly quantitative, and" the activity of the lipase, as determined by these experiments, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"lipase activity that generated less than 0.01 nmol oleic acid/min. ... To determine levels of serum lipoprotein lipase, groups of five mice were injected ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"This investigation was undertaken with the object of studying the action of a fat or ester splitting ferment (lipase) more particularly from the point of ..."

4. The Journal of Biological Chemistry by American Society of Biological Chemists (1917)
"The existence of a gastric lipase has been a much debated subject since ... Attempts to recover the lipase from pure juice (Volhard, 1, Pekelharing, S, ..."

5. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1913)
"one-tenth normal solution, that the lipase of the plasma has split up the ethyl butyrate ... We may speak then of a normal plasma lipase as 0.2 to 0.3 cc, ..."

6. Manual of Vital Function Testing Methods and Their Interpretation by Wilfred Mason Barton (1917)
"The percentage of lipase in normal blood is remarkably uniform. ... Any considerable increase, therefore, of lipase in the blood has been held to indicate ..."

7. Pathological physiology of internal diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"In experimental injuries with chloroform there is a sharp rise in the amount of blood lipase which subsides after a few days. With his coworkers he has also ..."

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