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Pepsin

Pepsin

See also: pepsin

German

Noun

Pepsin n (genitive Pepsins, plural Pepsine)

  1. pepsin (digestive enzyme)

pepsin

pepsin

See also: Pepsin

English

Noun

pepsin (countable and uncountable, plural pepsins)

  1. (biochemistry) A digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids.

Translations


Czech

Noun

pepsin m

  1. (biochemistry) pepsin

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pěpsiːn/
  • Hyphenation: pep‧sin

Noun

pèpsīn m (Cyrillic spelling пѐпсӣн)

  1. (biochemistry) pepsin

Declension


Swedish

Noun

pepsin n

  1. (biochemistry) pepsin