peptone

English

Etymology

From German Pepton, from Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón, “cooked”) derived from πέπτω (péptō).

Noun

peptone (plural peptones)

1. (biochemistry) Any water-soluble mixture of polypeptides and amino acids formed by the partial hydrolysis of protein.

Derived terms

• amphopeptone
• antipeptone
• bactopeptone
• hemipeptone
• neopeptone

Translations

water-soluble product of partial protein hydrolysis

• Italian: peptone (it) m
• Portuguese: peptona f
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• Spanish: peptona f

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “peptone”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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French

Noun

peptone f (plural peptones)

1. peptone

Further reading

• “peptone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pepˈto.ne/
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: pep‧tó‧ne

Noun

peptone m (plural peptoni)

1. peptone

Further reading

• peptone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana