PEPSIN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("pepsin" is a kind of...):

enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)

Holonyms ("pepsin" is a substance of...):

gastric acid; gastric juice (digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase)

Derivation:

peptic (relating to or promoting digestion)

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