saccharinization

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English

Etymology

From saccharinize +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˌsækɹɪnɪˈzeɪʃən/

Noun

saccharinization (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The act or process of saccharinizing; as, especially, the lysis of starch (polysaccharides) into sugars (oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides), mainly as catalyzed by amylases.
    • 1896 December 12, D.S. Maddox, “The value of diastase in buccal and intestinal dyspepsia”, in Medical Review, volume 34, number 24, St. Louis Medical Review Association, retrieved 2022-02-17, page 416:
      Intestinal indigestion may, in some cases, be the result of incomplete digestion of albuminoids, or of fats; but in the vast majority of instances it is due to a diminution of the pancreatic secretions, whose chief function is the saccharinization of the starchy elements of the food.

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