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Webster 1913 Edition
Peptohydrochloric
Pepˊto-hyˊdro-chlo′ric
,Adj.
[See
Peptone
, and Hydrochloric
.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Designating a hypothetical acid (called peptohydrochloric acid, pepsinhydrochloric acid, and chloropeptic acid) which is supposed to be formed when pepsin and dilute (0.1-0.4 per cent) hydrochloric acid are mixed together.
[Archaic]
☞ Pure peptones are of three kinds, amphopeptone, antipeptone, and hemipeptone, and, unlike most proteins, are not precipitated by saturating their solutions with ammonium sulphate.