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Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
abnormal endocrine pancreas secretion +   
abnormal pancreatic amylase secretion +   
anomaly in the production and/or release of alpha-amylase, the main starch digesting enzyme component of pancreatic juice, from the acinar cells of the exocrine pancreas; pancreatic alpha-amylase is released into pancreatic ducts in its active form and acts at random locations along the starch chain to break down long-chain carbohydrates, ultimately yielding maltotriose and maltose from amylose, or maltose, glucose and limit dextrin from amylopectin

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: abnormal pancreatic alpha-amylase secretion
Definition Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amylase, http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Pancreas

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