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English → English (gcide) Definition: Diastase Diastase \Di"a*stase\, n. [Gr. ? separation, fr. ?, ? to stand apart; dia` through + ?, ?, to stand, set: cf. F. diastase. Cf. Diastasis.] (Physiol. Chem.) A soluble enzyme, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar. [1913 Webster] Note: The name is more particularly applied to that enzyme formed during the germination of grain, as in the malting of barley; but it is also occasionally used to designate the amylolytic enzyme contained in animal fluids, as in the saliva. [1913 Webster]