Renninogen

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of prochymosin. obsolete, uncountable

    "In cases where the acidity of the gastric contents is low, and also the ferment activity, I have found that frequently most of the ferment is present as renninogen and not as rennin."

Example

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"In cases where the acidity of the gastric contents is low, and also the ferment activity, I have found that frequently most of the ferment is present as renninogen and not as rennin."

Etymology

From rennin + -o- + -gen.

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