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parapeptones

parapeptones is the plural of parapeptone.

Meaning of parapeptone

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.

Questions about parapeptones

What is parapeptones the plural of?
Parapeptones is the plural of parapeptone.

Words near parapeptones in the dictionary

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

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