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noun
A digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: enzyme
History
From German Pepsin, corresponding to Ancient Greek πέψις (pépsis, “digestion”) + -in.
Across languages
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
