saccharinization en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌsækɹɪnɪˈzeɪʃən/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Pali sakkharābor. Ancient Greek σάκχαρ (sákkhar)bor. Latin saccharon New Latin saccharum Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English saccharine Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English saccharinize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English saccharinization From saccharinize + -ation.
Meanings
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(rare, uncountable) The act or process of saccharinizing; as, especially, the lysis of starch (polysaccharides) into sugars (oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides), mainly as catalyzed by amylases.
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.
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 17 Feb 2022, page 416: