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noun
A proteolytic enzyme, obtained from the gastric juice of the abomasum of calves, used to coagulate milk and make cheese.
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 that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: chymosin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: enzyme, coagulase
History
Etymology tree English rennet Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English rennin From rennet + -in.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
