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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An inactive precursor of trypsin
2. 2
   inactive precursor of trypsin; a substance secreted by the pancreas and converted to active trypsin by enterokinase in the small intestine wordnet

Etymology

From trypsin + -o- + -gen.

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