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in•vert•ase



Pronunciation: (in-vûr'tās, -tāz), [key]
—n. Biochem.
an enzyme, occurring in yeast and in the digestive juices of animals, that causes the inversion of cane sugar into invert sugar. Also,in•ver•tinPronunciation: (in-vûr'tn). [key]Also called sucrase.

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