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hemipeptones

hemipeptones is the plural of hemipeptone.

Meaning of hemipeptone

Noun

hemipeptone (plural hemipeptones)

  1. A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter, which (unlike antipeptone) is convertible into leucin and tyrosin by the continued action of pancreatic juice. It is also formed from hemialbumose and albumin by boiling dilute sulphuric acid.

Questions about hemipeptones

What is hemipeptones the plural of?
Hemipeptones is the plural of hemipeptone.

Words near hemipeptones in the dictionary

  1. hemipenis
  2. hemipenises
  3. hemipentahydrate
  4. hemipentahydrates
  5. hemipeptone
  6. hemipeptones
  7. hemiperfect
  8. hemiperfect number
  9. hemiperfect numbers
  10. hemiperipheral growth
  11. hemiphacidiaceous

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