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TRYPSINOGEN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inactive precursor of trypsin; a substance secreted by the pancreas and converted to active trypsin by enterokinase in the small intestine
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("trypsinogen" is a kind of...):
trypsin (an enzyme of pancreatic origin; catalyzes the hydrolysis of proteins to smaller polypeptide units)
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