Pepsin
[pep-sin] /ˈpɛp sɪn/
noun, Biochemistry.
1.
an enzyme, produced in the stomach, that in the presence of hydrochloric acid splits proteins into proteoses and peptones.
2.
a commercial form of this substance, obtained from the stomachs of hogs, used as a digestive, as a ferment in the manufacture of cheese, etc.
/ˈpɛpsɪn/
noun
1.
a proteolytic enzyme produced in the stomach in the inactive form pepsinogen, which, when activated by acid, splits proteins into peptones
n.
also pepsine, fermin in gastric juice, used medicinally for cases of indigestion, 1844, coined in German (Theodor Schwann, 1835) from Greek pepsis “digestion,” from stem pep- (see peptic) + -in (2).
pepsin pep·sin or pep·sine (pěp’sĭn)
n.
pepsin
(pěp’sĭn)
Any of various digestive enzymes found in vertebrate animals that catalyze the hydrolysis of proteins to peptides.
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