trypsin

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τρῖψις (trîpsis, “rubbing”) +‎ -in, since the substance was first found on rubbing down the pancreas with glycerine.

Noun

trypsin (countable and uncountable, plural trypsins)

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

Derived terms

• chymotrypsin
• pseudotrypsin
• semitrypsin

Translations

digestive enzyme

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胰蛋白酶 (zh) (yídànbáiméi)

• Esperanto: tripsino
• Greek: θρυψίνη (el) f (thrypsíni)
• Malay: tripsin
• Spanish: tripsina (es) f
• Swedish: trypsin (sv)