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ZYMOGEN

\zˈa͡ɪməd͡ʒən], \zˈa‍ɪməd‍ʒən], \z_ˈaɪ_m_ə_dʒ_ə_n]\

Definitions of ZYMOGEN

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Any substance which may give rise to a ferment.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The preparatory material from which an enzyme (ferment) is formed. [Gr., zyme, a ferment, + gennan, to engender.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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