Relating to or causing the breakdown of starch through hydrolysis.
From amylohydrolysis plus the adjective-forming suffix -ic. This term is used to describe enzymes, processes, or conditions that participate in breaking down starch with water.
The suffix -lytic (from Greek lysis, breaking) appears in hundreds of scientific terms—hemolytic (breaking red blood cells), proteolytic (breaking proteins)—making it a shorthand way scientists instantly communicate 'this breaks that thing'.
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