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propeptone

propeptone noun: a product of gastric digestion intermediate between albumin and peptone, identical with hemialbumose.

Noun

propeptone (countable and uncountable, plural propeptones)

  1. A product of gastric digestion intermediate between albumin and peptone, identical with hemialbumose.

Forms of propeptone

pluralpropeptones

Origin of propeptone

From pro- + peptone.

Questions about propeptone

What does propeptone mean?
Propeptone means a product of gastric digestion intermediate between albumin and peptone, identical with hemialbumose.
What part of speech is propeptone?
Propeptone is a noun.
What is the plural of propeptone?
The plural of propeptone is propeptones.

Words near propeptone in the dictionary

  1. propepsins
  2. propeptidase
  3. propeptidases
  4. propeptide
  5. propeptides
  6. propeptone
  7. propeptones
  8. proper
  9. proper acceleration
  10. proper accelerations
  11. proper adjective

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