Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Diastatic \Di`a*stat"ic\, a. [Gr. ? separative. See {Diastase}.]
   (Physiol. Chem.)
   Relating to diastase; having the properties of diastase;
   effecting the conversion of starch into sugar.

         The influence of acids and alkalies on the diastatic
         action of saliva.                        --Lauder
                                                  Brunton.