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noun
A zymogen that is converted into pepsin by the hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: enzyme
History
From pepsin + -gen.
Across languages
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