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A ferment, resembling diastase, found in mustard seeds.
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An unorganized or unformed ferment, in distinction from an organized or living ferment; a soluble, or chemical, ferment. Ptyalin, pepsin, diastase, and rennet are good examples of enzymes.
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The act or process by which cane sugar (sucrose), under the action of heat and acids or ferments (as diastase), is broken or split up into grape sugar (dextrose), and fruit sugar (levulose); also, less properly, the process by which starch is converted into grape sugar (dextrose).
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The contraction of the heart and arteries by which the blood is forced onward and the circulation kept up; -- correlative to diastole.
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A ferment resembling diastase, found in bitter almonds. Cf. Amygdalin, and Emulsin.
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Of or pertaining to diastole.
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A process by which reaction occurs in the presence of certain agents which were formerly believed to exert an influence by mere contact. It is now believed that such reactions are attended with the formation of an intermediate compound or compounds, so that by alternate composition and decomposition the agent is apparenty left unchanged; as, the catalysis of making ether from alcohol by means of sulphuric acid; or catalysis in the action of soluble ferments (as diastase, or ptyalin) on starch.
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A double star; -- applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei. See Karyokinesis.
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An interval.
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The fermentative principle of malt; malt diastase; also, a name given to various medicinal preparations made from or containing malt.
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A figure by which a syllable naturally short is made long.
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Relating to diastase; having the properties of diastase; effecting the conversion of starch into sugar.
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A vacant space, or gap, esp. between teeth in a jaw.
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See under Intercolumniation.
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A nitrogenous substance closely resembling diastase, obtained from bran, and possessing the power of converting starch into dextrin, sugar, and lactic acid.
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Preceding the diastole of the heart; as, a prediastolic friction sound.
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Pertaining to, or consisting of, diastase; as, diastasic ferment.
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The almost inappreciable time which elapses between the systole and the diastole of the heart.
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The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction.
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The interval between the diastole and systole of the heart. It is perceptible only in the dying.
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