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peptonic

Variant of peptone

noun

any of a group of soluble and diffusible derived proteins formed by the action of enzymes on proteins, as in the process of digestion, or by acid hydrolysis of proteins

Origin: Ger pepton < Gr, neut. of peptos, digested < peptein: see pepsin

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