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maltase (iou) and expunge (iou)


maltase (iou)



maltase noun. L19.
[from MALT noun1 + -ASE.]
Biochemistry. An enzyme which hydrolyses maltose and similar glycosides, forming glucose.

expunge (iou)



expunge verb trans. E17.
[Latin expungere mark for deletion by points set above or below, formed as EX-1 1 + pungere to prick.]
Strike out, erase, omit, (a name or word) from a list, (a phrase or passage) from a text. E17.
fig. Wipe out, efface; annihilate, destroy; annul; put an end to. E17.
E. F. Benson Certain moments she wanted to expunge completely from his mind. Y. Menuhin A culture cannot be expunged from the face of the earth by political directive.
Get rid of, remove. E17.
H. E. Manning To expunge God from Science.
expunger noun E17.