"pepsin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛpsɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pepsin.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pepsins [plural]
Etymology: From German Pepsin, corresponding to Ancient Greek πέψις (pépsis, “digestion”) + -in. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pekʷ-}}, {{bor|en|de|Pepsin}} German Pepsin, {{der|en|grc|πέψις||digestion}} Ancient Greek πέψις (pépsis, “digestion”), {{suffix|en||in}} + -in Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pepsin (countable and uncountable, plural pepsins)
  1. (biochemistry) A digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids. Wikipedia link: pepsin Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Enzymes Related terms: dyspepsia, Pepsi, peptic, peptide, Pepto-Bismol, peptone Translations (digestive enzyme): 胃蛋白酶 (wèidànbáiméi) (Chinese Mandarin), pepsin [masculine] (Czech), pepsine [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), pepsino (Esperanto), pepsiini (Finnish), pepsine [feminine] (French), Pepsin [neuter] (German), πεψίνη (pepsíni) [feminine] (Greek), pepsín [neuter] (Icelandic), pepsina [feminine] (Italian), pētini (Maori), pepsyna [feminine] (Polish), pepsina [feminine] (Portuguese), пепси́н (pepsín) [masculine] (Russian), пѐпсӣн [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pèpsīn [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pepsin [neuter] (Swedish), pepsina (Tagalog)

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