Medical term:

invertin

β-fruc·to·fu·ran·o·sid·ase

(fruk'tō-fūr'ă-nō'sid-ās),

β-h-fructosidase; an enzyme hydrolyzing β-d-fructofuranosides and releasing free d-fructose; if the substrate is sucrose, the product is d-glucose plus d-fructose (invert sugar); invert sugar is more easily digestible than sucrose.

Synonym(s): invertase, invertin, saccharase

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in·vert

(in'vert),

1. In chemistry, subjected to inversion, for example, invert sugar.

2. To reverse in direction, sequence, or effect.

3. Archaic term for a homosexual.

See: inversion.

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invert

(ĭn-vûrt′)

v. in·verted, in·verting, in·verts

v.tr.

1. To turn inside out or upside down: invert an hourglass.

2. To reverse the position, order, or condition of: invert the subject and predicate of a sentence.

n. (ĭn′vûrt′)

Psychology

a. One who takes on the gender role of the opposite sex.

b. In the theory of Sigmund Freud, a homosexual person. No longer in scientific use.

in·vert′i·ble adj.

invert

(ĭn-vĕrt′)

1. To turn inside out or upside down.

2. To bend the foot in at the ankle so that the sole is facing toward the inside of the leg.

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