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PEPSIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pepsin" is a kind of...):
enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)
Holonyms ("pepsin" is a substance of...):
gastric acid; gastric juice (digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase)
Derivation:
peptic (relating to or promoting digestion)
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