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The antecedent of the ferment pepsin. A substance contained in the form of granules in the peptic cells of the gastric glands. It is readily convertible into pepsin. Also called propepsin.
v. t.
To convert into peptone; to digest or dissolve by means of a proteolytic ferment; as, peptonized food.
n.
See Peppergrass.
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Relating to digestion; promoting digestion; digestive; as, peptic sauces.
n.
A volatile oil (oil of peppermint) distilled from the fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit (essence of peppermint) obtained from it.
a.
Of or pertaining to pepper; having the qualities of pepper; hot; pungent.
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Pertaining to pepsin; resembling pepsin in its power of digesting or dissolving albuminous matter; containing or yielding pepsin, or a body of like properties; as, the peptic glands.
n.
The soluble and diffusible substance or substances into which albuminous portions of the food are transformed by the action of the gastric and pancreatic juices. Peptones are also formed from albuminous matter by the action of boiling water and boiling dilute acids.
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A toxic alkaloid found occasionally associated with the peptones formed from fibrin by pepsinhydrochloric acid.
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Designating a hypothetical acid (called peptohydrochloric acid, pepsinhydrochloric acid, and chloropeptic acid) which is supposed to be formed when pepsin and dilute (0.1-0.4 per cent) hydrochloric acid are mixed together.
n.
A substance related to peptone.
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The presence of peptone, or a peptonelike body, in the urine.
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Hot; pungent; peppery.
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Same as Peptohydrochloric.
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Same as Peptogenous.
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A substance convertible into peptone.
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Capable of yielding, or being converted into, peptone.
n.
A lozenge of sugar flavored with peppermint.
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Collectively, in a broader sense, all the products resulting from the solution of albuminous matter in either gastric or pancreatic juice. In this case, however, intermediate products (albumose bodies), such as antialbumose, hemialbumose, etc., are mixed with the true peptones. Also termed albuminose.
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Any herb of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium sativum; -- called also pepperwort. All the species have a pungent flavor.
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