DIASTASES

DIASTASIS

diastasis

(noun) separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

diastases

plural of diastase

Source: Wiktionary

DIASTASE

Di"a*stase, n. Etym: [Gr. diastase. Cf. Diastasis.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Definition: A soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar.

Note: The name is more particularly applied to that ferment formed during the germination of grain, as in the malting of barley; but it is also occasionally used to designate the amylolytic ferment contained in animal fluids, as in the saliva.

DIASTASIS

Di*as"ta*sis, n. Etym: [NL. See Diastase.] (Surg.)

Definition: A forcible of bones without fracture.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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