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pepsin

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"Stomach enzyme"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɛpsɪn/Part of speech nounSorted einppsStarts with PEnds with N1 clues
1P2E3P4S5I6N

Definitions

  1. an enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones

Word origin

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

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