Pepsinogen

noun

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Noun

1
A zymogen that is converted into pepsin by the hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
2
precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach wordnet

Etymology

From pepsin + -gen.

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hydrochloric acid

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