PEPSIN
\pˈɛpsɪn], \pˈɛpsɪn], \p_ˈɛ_p_s_ɪ_n]\
Definitions of PEPSIN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An unorganized proteolytic ferment or enzyme contained in the secretory glands of the stomach. In the gastric juice it is united with dilute hydrochloric acid (0.2 per cent, approximately) and the two together constitute the active portion of the digestive fluid. It is the active agent in the gastric juice of all animals.
By Oddity Software
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An unorganized proteolytic ferment or enzyme contained in the secretory glands of the stomach. In the gastric juice it is united with dilute hydrochloric acid (0.2 per cent, approximately) and the two together constitute the active portion of the digestive fluid. It is the active agent in the gastric juice of all animals.
By Noah Webster.
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Formed from pig pepsinogen by cleavage of one peptide bond. The enzyme is a single polypeptide chain and is inhibited by methyl 2-diaazoacetamidohexanoate. It cleaves peptides preferentially at the carbonyl linkages of phenylalanine or leucine and acts as the principal digestive enzyme of gastric juice.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A ferment formed in the stomach; a preparation of this substance, used in medicine to aid digestion. Also, pepsine.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Peptic.
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A digestive ferment or enzyme (protease) of the gastric juice which converts proteins into peptones and proteoses, pepsinum.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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Peptic.
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The digestive ferment of the gastric juice; also, a medicinal preparation obtained from the stomachs of various animals. pepsine.
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Pepticity.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Chief constituent of gastric juice. A scaly preparation from mucous membrane of stomach of hog, calves, etc.
By William R. Warner
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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A peculiar organic matter, which, in combination with the gastric acids, is considered to form the proper digestive solvent. Its chemical constitution is unknown. It would appear that its presence is necessary to induce changes in the elements of the food, which may enable the gastric acids to act upon them so as to form chyme.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Syn.: peptic ferment. The main digestive principle of the gastric juice; also a preparation of the same made from the mucous membrane of the stomach of the hog, sheep, or calf. It has the power of converting proteids into peptones. It requires an acid medium for its action.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
