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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] fastened together + dias

tase

(Chem.)

A ferment resembling diastase, found in bitter almonds. Cf.

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synaptase ‎(plural synaptases)

From Ancient Greek συναπτός ‎(sunaptós, “joined together, continuous”) + -ase.

synaptase f ‎(plural synaptases)