noun
Meaning 1
An albuminous body formed in small quantity by the peptic digestion of proteids. It can be converted into peptone by pancreatic juice, but not by gastric juice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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