Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to diastase.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or consisting of, diastase.
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- adjective Pertaining to, or consisting of,
diastase .
Etymologies
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diastase + -ic
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Examples
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A scientific friend who has done much work in the field of organic chemistry tells me he associates the odor of semen with that produced by diastasic action on mixing flour and water, which he regards as sexual in character.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man Havelock Ellis 1899
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Although their diastasic powers are usually less than is claimed for them, and vary greatly even in the best makes, they so far have seemed to me on the whole more satisfactory than the imported malts.
Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria John K. [Editor] Mitchell 1871
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