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noun
A digestive enzyme that cleaves peptide bonds (a serine protease)
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 of pancreatic origin; catalyzes the hydrolysis of proteins to smaller polypeptide units
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: enzyme
Narrower terms: trypsinogen
History
From Ancient Greek τρῖψις (trîpsis, “rubbing”) + -in, since the substance was first found on rubbing down the pancreas with glycerine.
Across languages
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