TRYPSINOGEN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Inactive precursor of trypsin; a substance secreted by the pancreas and converted to active trypsin by enterokinase in the small intestine

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("trypsinogen" is a kind of...):

trypsin (an enzyme of pancreatic origin; catalyzes the hydrolysis of proteins to smaller polypeptide units)

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