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ENTEROKINASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enzyme in the intestinal juice that converts inactive trypsinogen into active trypsin
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Hypernyms ("enterokinase" is a kind of...):
enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)