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peptone

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Noun

HYPHEN

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun peptone has 1 sense

peptone(n = noun.substance) - any of various water-soluble compounds that form by hydrolysis in the digestion of proteins to amino acids;

is a kind of

organic compound

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CIDE DICTIONARY

peptone, n. [Gr. pepto`s cooked.].

The soluble polypeptides produced by hydrolysis of protein; specifically the soluble peptides into which food is transformed by the action of the gastric and pancreatic juices. Peptones are also formed from protein matter by the action of boiling water and boiling dilute acids. [1913 Webster]

" Pure peptones are of three kinds, amphopeptone, antipeptone, and hemipeptone, and, unlike most proteins, are not precipitated by saturating their solutions with ammonium sulphate." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

peptone, n. a protein fragment formed by hydrolysis in the process of digestion.

Derivative

peptonize v.tr. (also -ise).

Etymology

G Pepton f. Gk peptos, neut. pepton cooked

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