pepsin
See also: Pepsin
English
Etymology
From German Pepsin, corresponding to Ancient Greek πέψις (pépsis, “digestion”) + -in.
Pronunciation
Noun
pepsin (countable and uncountable, plural pepsins)
- (biochemistry) A digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids.
Translations
digestive enzyme
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Czech
Noun
pepsin m
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
pèpsīn m (Cyrillic spelling пѐпсӣн)
Declension
Declension of pepsin
Swedish
Noun
pepsin n
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