amylolysis

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Conversion of starch to sugars by the action of enzymes or acids.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The digestion of starch, or its conversion into sugar.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Chem.) The conversion of starch into soluble products, as dextrins and sugar, esp. by the action of enzymes.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun conversion of starch to sugar