"peptone" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-peptone.wav Forms: peptones [plural]
Etymology: From German Pepton, from Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón, “cooked, digested”) derived from πέπτω (péptō, “soften, ripen, boil, cook, bake, digest”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Pepton}} German Pepton, {{der|en|grc|πεπτόν||cooked, digested}} Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón, “cooked, digested”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} peptone (plural peptones)
  1. (biochemistry) Any water-soluble mixture of polypeptides and amino acids formed by the partial hydrolysis of protein. Derived forms: amphopeptone, antipeptone, bactopeptone, hemipeptone, neopeptone Translations (water-soluble product of partial protein hydrolysis): peptone [feminine] (French), πεπτόνη (peptóni) [feminine] (Greek), peptone [masculine] (Italian), peptona [feminine] (Portuguese), peptona [feminine] (Spanish)

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