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Definition of Amylolysis
1. Noun. Conversion of starch to sugar.
Definition of Amylolysis
1. n. The conversion of starch into soluble products, as dextrins and sugar, esp. by the action of enzymes.
Medical Definition of Amylolysis
1. Hydrolysis of starch into soluble products. Origin: amylo-+ G. Lysis, dissolution (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amylolysis
Literary usage of Amylolysis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"V. Pyrogallic acid, in 0'25 per cent, neutral solution, acts in the same manner
upon the process of amylolysis and upon the liver cells. VI. ..."
2. Transactions of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland by Academy of Medicine in Ireland (1891)
"Gradually the fundus portion secretes HC1 and pepsin ; and here proteolysis only
occurs, while in the cardiac portion amylolysis still takes place, ..."
3. Physiological Aspects of the Liquor Problem by Wilbur Olin Atwater (1903)
"Indeed, there may even be stimulation of amylolysis under these conditions.
When, however, the saliva is greatly diluted or very weak in its amylolytic ..."
4. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1890)
"Digestion runs in stages, at first one in which lactic acid only is present, and
in which everywhere amylolysis, without proteolysis, takes place. ..."
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