pepsin

From German Pepsin, corresponding to Ancient Greek πέψις (pépsis, “digestion”) +‎ -in.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛpsɪn/

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pepsin (countable and uncountable, plural pepsins)

1. (biochemistry) A digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids.

• dyspepsia
• Pepsi
• peptic
• peptide
• Pepto-Bismol
• peptone

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛpsɪn]
• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛpsiːn]

pepsin m inan

1. (biochemistry) pepsin

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• IPA^(key): /pěpsiːn/
• Hyphenation: pep‧sin

pèpsīn m (Cyrillic spelling пѐпсӣн)

1. (biochemistry) pepsin

pepsin n

1. (biochemistry) pepsin

• pipens