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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In chem., same as emulsin.

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

  • noun (Chem.) A ferment resembling diastase, found in bitter almonds. Cf. amygdalin, and emulsin.

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  • noun chemistry Emulsin.

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek συναπτός (sunaptos, "joined together, continuous") + -ase.

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