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pepsin noun. M19.
[from Greek pepsis digestion + -IN1.]
Biochemistry. The chief digestive enzyme of the stomach, an endopeptidase which splits proteins into polypeptides able to be absorbed, and was formerly used medicinally.
pepsinate verb trans. mix or treat with pepsin L19.
pep'sinogen noun the proenzyme form of pepsin L19.