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Webster 1913 Edition


Trypsin

Tryp′sin

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] a rubbing, fr. [GREEK] to rub, grind. So called because it causes protein to break up or to fall apart.]
(physiol.)
A proteolytic enzyme present in the pancreatic juice. Unlike the pepsin of the gastric juice, it acts in a neutral or alkaline fluid, and not only converts the albuminous matter of the food into soluble peptones, but also, in part, into leucin and tyrosin.

Definition 2024


trypsin

trypsin

English

Noun

trypsin (countable and uncountable, plural trypsins)

  1. A digestive enzyme that cleaves peptide bonds (a serine protease).

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