pepsinogen

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Noun

TANDA HUBUNG

pep=sin=o=gen

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pepsinogen has 1 sense

pepsinogen(n = noun.substance) Array - precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach; Array

is a kind of

enzyme

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pepsinogen, n. [Pepsin + -gen.].

A proenzyme, the antecedent of the enzyme pepsin. A substance contained in the form of granules in the peptic cells of the gastric glands. It is readily convertible into pepsin. Also called propepsin. [1913 Webster]