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chymosin

chymosin noun: the proteolytic enzyme rennin.

Noun

chymosin (countable and uncountable, plural chymosins)

  1. The proteolytic enzyme rennin

Forms of chymosin

pluralchymosins

Words formed from chymosin

Questions about chymosin

What does chymosin mean?
Chymosin means the proteolytic enzyme rennin.
What part of speech is chymosin?
Chymosin is a noun.
What is the plural of chymosin?
The plural of chymosin is chymosins.

Words near chymosin in the dictionary

  1. chymists
  2. chymokine
  3. chymopapain
  4. chymopapains
  5. chymoplasm
  6. chymosin
  7. chymosinogen
  8. chymosins
  9. chymostatin
  10. chymostatins
  11. chymotrypsin

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