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pepsine

pepsine is the dated form of pepsin.

Meaning of pepsin

Noun

pepsin (countable and uncountable, plural pepsins)

  1. A digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids.

Forms of pepsine

pluralpepsines

Questions about pepsine

What is pepsine the dated form of?
Pepsine is the dated form of pepsin.

Words near pepsine in the dictionary

  1. Pepsi Challenges
  2. Pepsi paradox
  3. pepsidase
  4. pepsin
  5. pepsinated
  6. pepsine
  7. pepsines
  8. pepsinhydrochloric
  9. pepsinhydrochloric acid
  10. pepsiniferous
  11. pepsinised

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