Pepsin Definition

pepsin
noun
A digestive enzyme in the gastric juice of stomach secretions that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller, more absorptive peptides.
Webster's New World
An extract of pepsin from the stomachs of calves, pigs, etc., formerly used as a digestive aid.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Pepsin

Noun

Singular:
pepsin
Plural:
pepsins

Origin of Pepsin

  • Greek pepsis digestion (from peptein to digest pekw- in Indo-European roots) –in

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pepsin Sentence Examples

  • Such an enzyme is the pepsin of the stomach of the higher animals.

  • A third enzyme, the trypsin of the pancreas, possesses the power of both pepsin and erepsin.

  • It is not quite certain whether a true pepsin exists in plants, but many trypsins have been discovered, and one form of erepsin, at least, is very widespread.

  • Substances obtained from animals include gland secretions, pepsin and other ferments, musk, cod-liver oil, &c., and to these may be added various antitoxins.

  • It is much more powerful than carbolic acid in its inhibitory action upon unorganized ferments such as pepsin or ptyalin.

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Words Starting With

PPEPEP

Words Ending With

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Words Starting With P and Ending With N

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With P6 Letter Words Ending With N