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parapeptone

parapeptone noun: an albuminous body formed in small quantity by the peptic digestion of proteids. It can be converted into peptone by pancreatic juice, but not by gastric juice.

Noun

parapeptone (countable and uncountable, plural parapeptones)

  1. (obsolete) An albuminous body formed in small quantity by the peptic digestion of proteids. It can be converted into peptone by pancreatic juice, but not by gastric juice.

Forms of parapeptone

pluralparapeptones

Origin of parapeptone

From para- + peptone.

Questions about parapeptone

What does parapeptone mean?
Parapeptone means an albuminous body formed in small quantity by the peptic digestion of proteids. It can be converted into peptone by pancreatic juice, but not by gastric juice.
What part of speech is parapeptone?
Parapeptone is a noun.
What is the plural of parapeptone?
The plural of parapeptone is parapeptones.

Words near parapeptone in the dictionary

  1. parapegms
  2. parapelvic
  3. parapenal
  4. parapenile
  5. parapenting
  6. parapeptone
  7. parapeptones
  8. paraperigone
  9. paraperigonia
  10. paraperigonium
  11. paraperitoneal

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