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pepsin


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pepsin  \Pep"sin\,  n.  [Gr.  ?  a  cooking,  digesting,  digestion,  fr 
  ?,  ?,  to  cook,  digest:  cf  F.  pepsine.  Cf  {Dyspepsia}.] 
  (Physiol.  Chem.) 
  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. 
 
  Note:  As  prepared  from  the  glandular  layer  of  pigs'  or 
  calves'  stomachs  it  constitutes  an  important  article  of 
  pharmacy. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pepsin 
  n  :  an  enzyme  produced  in  the  stomach;  when  activated  by  acid  it 
  splits  proteins  into  peptones 




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