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papain


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Papain  \Pa*pa"in\,  n.  [From  {Papaw}.]  (Physiol.  Chem.) 
  A  proteolytic  ferment,  like  trypsin,  present  in  the  juice  of 
  the  green  fruit  of  the  papaw  ({Carica  Papaya})  of  tropical 
  America. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  papain 
  n  :  a  proteolytic  enzyme  obtained  from  the  unripe  papaya;  used 
  as  a  meat  tenderizer 




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