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Definition: Lactase |
LactaseNoun1. Any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: LactaseSynonym: Lactaid (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Lactase produced commercially can be extracted from yeast fungi such as Kluyveromyces fragilis. Its primary commercial use is to break down lactose in milk to make it suitable for people with lactose intolerance. Lactase is also used in the manufacture of ice cream. Because glucose and galactose are sweeter than lactose, lactase produces a more pleasant taste. Lactose also crystallises at the low temperatures of ice cream; however, in its constituent products stay liquid and contribute to a smoother texture. Lactase is used in the conversion of whey into syrup and is also used as a sweetener in many products.
Lactase has an optimum temperature of about 48 °C for its activityi and an optimum pH of 6.5.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lactase."
Crosswords: Lactase |
| English words defined with "lactase": lactase deficiency, lactose intolerance ♦ milk intolerance. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "lactase": Digestants ♦ Glycosylceramidase ♦ Milk Hypersensitivity. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In rare cases, children are born without the ability to produce lactase. (references) | |
Young children with lactase deficiency should not eat any foods containing lactose. (references) | ||
Another cause of food intolerance that is often confused with a food allergy is lactase deficiency. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Lactase" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lactase" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "lactase": lactase deficiency. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "lactase": lactase-deficient. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
lactase | 65 |
lactase enzyme | 20 |
bulk lactase | 6 |
lactase deficiency | 6 |
drop lactase | 4 |
drop enzyme lactase | 2 |
lactase manufacturing | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "lactase"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | lactase. (various references) | |
Dutch | lactase. (various references) | |
Finnish | laktaasi. (various references) | |
French | lactase. (various references) | |
German | Laktase, Lactase. (various references) | |
Greek | λακτάση. (various references) | |
Italian | lattasi. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | actaselay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | lactase. (various references) | |
Spanish | lactasa. (various references) | |
Swedish | laktas. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "lactase": lactases. (additional references) | |
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"Lactase" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: lacate, Lacaze, lactis, lactrase, latace, Latasi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "lactase" (pronounced la"ktā's) |
| 3 | -t ā' s | diastase, maltase. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: acetals. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-l-s-t" | |
-1 letter: acetal, alates, calesa, castle, cleats, eclats. | |
-2 letters: aceta, alate, alecs, atlas, caste, cates, celts, cesta, clast, cleat, eclat, laces, least, scale, setal, slate, stale, steal, stela, taces, taels, talas, talcs, tales, teals, tesla. | |
-3 letters: aals, aces, acta, acts, alae, alas, alec, ales, alts, asea, ates, casa, case, cast, cate, cats, cels, celt, east, eats, etas, lace, lacs, lase, last, late, lats, leas, lest, lets, sale, salt, sate, scat, seal, seat, sect, seta, slat, tace, tael, tala, talc, tale, teal, teas, tela, tels. | |
-4 letters: aal, aas, ace, act, ala, ale, als, alt, ate, cat, cel, eat, els, eta, lac, las, lat, lea, let, sac, sae, sal, sat, sea, sec, sel, set, tae, tas, tea, tel. | |
-5 letters: aa, ae, al, as, at, el, es, et, la, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-l-s-t" | |
+1 letter: acylates, alcahest, analects, castable, catalase, cataloes, escalate, lactases, lactates, lacteals, placates. | |
+2 letters: acrylates, alcahests, allocates, analcites, ancestral, anelastic, ascetical, aspectual, calamites, califates, canulates, capablest, castellan, catalases, catalepsy, catalexes, catalexis, catalyses, catalyzes, cattaloes, cattleyas, classmate, escalated, escalates, escalator, galactose, glaciates, jaculates, lacerates, laitances, leachates, maculates, placaters, placentas, sacculate, stackable, tailraces. | |
+3 letters: acclimates, acetylates, acidulates, actualizes, afterclaps, alacrities, alkahestic, altercates, analeptics, analgetics, applecarts, auscultate, autoclaves, blatancies, cabalettas, calamities, calculates, calibrates, caliphates, calmatives, campestral, cantilenas, capitalise, capsulated, cartilages, castellans, casualties, catalogers, catalogues, catalyzers, caterwauls, cathedrals, chatelains, classmates, clathrates, coagulates, curtalaxes, cyclamates, declarants, deescalate, defalcates, ejaculates, emasculate, escalating, escalation, escalators, escalatory, faceplates, galactoses, malachites, placentals, reescalate, sacculated, sacerdotal, salacities, salicylate, saltcellar, scleromata, semantical, stalactite, trabeculas, vacillates, watchables. | |
+4 letters: acaulescent, accelerants, accelerates, accidentals, acclimatise, accumulates, acetabulums, acetanilids, acoelomates, actualities, aeroelastic, aesthetical, aliteracies, altarpieces, ancestrally, antechapels, articulates, ascendantly, ascetically, aseptically, atelectases, atelectasis, atheistical, auscultated, auscultates, blackhearts, blackwaters, blastematic, calumniates, cantaloupes, cantillates, capitalised, capitalises, capitalizes, capitulates, carnalities, carnallites, cartularies, castellated, catabolites, catabolizes, catafalques, catalectics, catalepsies, cataleptics, cataloguers, cataplexies, catechismal, causalities, causatively, chalybeates, chatelaines, coelacanths, collaterals, deescalated, deescalates, defalcators, dilatancies, ejaculators, elastically, emasculated, emasculates, emasculator, encapsulate, escalations, escheatable, facilitates, factualness, fasciculate, galactoside, hemiacetals, lacerations, malefactors, metacarpals, metaplastic, misallocate, outbalances, paclitaxels, rascalities, reallocates, reescalated, reescalates, sacramental, salicylates, saltcellars, secretarial, spectacular, stalactites, straitlaced, strategical, syllabicate, tabernacles, thalassemic, theatricals, tracklayers, translocate, vasculature, vulcanisate. | |
+5 letters: abstractable, abstractedly, acatalectics, accelerators, acclimatised, acclimatises, acclimatizes, acculturates, acetanilides, acetylations, actabilities, altercations, anecdotalism, anecdotalist, anelasticity, anticlimaxes, aquacultures, articulacies, asymmetrical, cancelations, capabilities, capitularies, carboxylates, cardinalates, caterpillars, catholicates, chartularies, collaborates, confabulates, contrastable, declamations, declarations, deescalating, deescalation, defalcations, distractable, ecstatically, ejaculations, emasculating, emasculation, emasculators, encapsulated, encapsulates, exclamations, extramusical, factualities, fasciculated, forecastable, galactosemia, galactosemic, galactosides, hallucinates, intercalates, intercoastal, leatherbacks, majestically, malefactions, malpractices, marketplaces, matriculates, metaphysical, misallocated, misallocates, miscalculate, miscataloged, osteomalacia, oxalacetates, particulates, racquetballs, recalculates, recalibrates, reclamations, reescalating, reescalation, sacerdotally, sacramentals, sanctionable, secobarbital, semantically, speciational, spectaculars, spectatorial, syllabicated, syllabicates, thalassemics, trackwalkers, translocated, translocates, vasculatures, vulcanisates, vulcanizates. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 61 63 74 61 73 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- -.-. - .- ... . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100001 01100011 01110100 01100001 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L a c t a s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0061 0063 0074 0061 0073 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46676986678571 |
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