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peptonise

peptonise is the alternative form of peptonize.

Meaning of peptonize

Verb

peptonize (third-person singular simple present peptonizes, present participle peptonizing, simple past and past participle peptonized)

  1. To convert a protein into peptones under the influence of the enzyme pepsin.

Forms of peptonise

third-person singular presentpeptonises
present participlepeptonising
past participlepeptonised
pastpeptonised

Questions about peptonise

What is peptonise the alternative form of?
Peptonise is the alternative form of peptonize.

Words near peptonise in the dictionary

  1. peptonates
  2. peptone
  3. peptones
  4. peptonic
  5. peptonisation
  6. peptonise
  7. peptonised
  8. peptonises
  9. peptonising
  10. peptonization
  11. peptonize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: peptonise (page history and authors); peptonize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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