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renninogen

renninogen noun: synonym of prochymosin.

Noun

renninogen (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of prochymosin.
    • In cases where the acidity of the gastric contents is low, and also the ferment activity, I have found that frequently most of the ferment is present as renninogen and not as rennin.1908 July 25, W. H. Wilcox, “The importance and significance of the chemical examination of the gastric contents after a test meal, with a new method for estimating the ferment activity of the...
    Synonyms:
    prochymosin

Synonyms of renninogen

Origin of renninogen

From rennin + -o- + -gen.

Questions about renninogen

What does renninogen mean?
Renninogen means synonym of prochymosin.
What part of speech is renninogen?
Renninogen is a noun.

Words near renninogen in the dictionary

  1. rennin
  2. renning
  3. Renninger
  4. Renningers
  5. Rennington
  6. renninogen
  7. rennins
  8. Rennish
  9. Renno
  10. Rennoldson
  11. Rennos

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