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Pepsin

Pepsin Meaning & Definition
Pepsin Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pepsin?

[n] an enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones

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See Also | enzyme | gastric juice

Pepsin In Webster's Dictionary

\Pep"sin\, n. [Gr. ? a cooking, digesting, digestion, fr. ?, ?, to cook, digest: cf. F. pepsine. Cf. {Dyspepsia}.] (Physiol. Chem.) An unorganized proteolytic ferment or enzyme contained in the secretory glands of the stomach. In the gastric juice it is united with dilute hydrochloric acid (0.2 per cent, approximately) and the two together constitute the active portion of the digestive fluid. It is the active agent in the gastric juice of all animals. Note: As prepared from the glandular layer of pigs' or calves' stomachs it constitutes an important article of pharmacy.

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