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Webster 1913 Edition

Pepsinogen

Pep-sin′o-gen

,
Noun.
[
Pepsin
+
-gen
.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A proenzyme, the antecedent of the enzyme pepsin. A substance contained in the form of granules in the peptic cells of the gastric glands. It is readily convertible into pepsin. Also called
propepsin
.

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