Term: ptyalin: an amylase secreted in saliva
Broader: amylase: any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar | Unrelated: heroic verse: a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
Broader: amylase: any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar | Unrelated: goat's rue: tall bushy European perennial grown for its pinnate foliage and slender spikes of blue flowers; sometimes used medicinally
Broader: amylase: any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar | Unrelated: easygoingness: being without worry or concern
Broader: amylase: any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar | Unrelated: tongue: the tongue of certain animals used as meat
Broader: amylase: any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar | Unrelated: plop: the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash
Broader: amylase: any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar | Unrelated: vancomycin: an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections
Broader: amylase: any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar | Unrelated: gourmandism: the disposition and habits of a gourmand
Broader: amylase: any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar | Unrelated: mcburney's point: a point one third of the way along a line drawn from the hip to the umbilicus; the point of maximum sensitivity in acute appendicitis
Broader: amylase: any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar | Unrelated: atrocity: an act of atrocious cruelty
Broader: amylase: any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar | Unrelated: lacertidae: Old World lizards