Macroamylase

Quick meaning: Macroamylase is a noun meaning (biochemistry) A high-molecular weight form (that is, a macroenzyme form) of amylase that is bound as a complex to a globulin and is therefore not excreted in the urine.

Meaning

(biochemistry) A high-molecular weight form (that is, a macroenzyme form) of amylase that is bound as a complex to a globulin and is therefore not excreted in the urine.

Example Sentences

[To our knowledge, the simultaneous presence of macroamylase and macrolipase in the same patient has been previously reported in only four cases. Interestingly, two of those patients had celiac disease. If macroamylase and macrolipase are present, the possibility of celiac disease should be considered.]

Word Forms

• macroamylases

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include macroenzyme, macrolipase, amylosome, macrosialin, amylopsin, preamylase.

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