Parapeptone

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An albuminous body formed in small quantity by the peptic digestion of proteids. It can be converted into peptone by pancreatic juice, but not by gastric juice. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From para- + peptone.

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