Meaning Of The Word Pepsin
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Pepsin Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Pepsin?
pepsin in American English
a digestive enzyme in the gastric juice of stomach secretions that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller, more absorptive peptides noun: an enzyme, produced in the stomach, that in the presence of hydrochloric acid splits proteins into proteoses and peptones pepsin in British English noun: a proteolytic enzyme produced in the stomach in the inactive form pepsinogen, which, when activated by acid, splits proteins into peptones |
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