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Webster 1913 Edition
Hemipeptone
Hemˊi-pep′tone
,Noun.
[
Hemi-
+ peptone
.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A product of the gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter.
☞ Unlike antipeptone it is convertible into leucin and tyrosin, by the continued action of pancreatic juice. See
Peptone
. It is also formed from hemialbumose and albumin by the action of boiling dilute sulphuric acid.