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peptone

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɛptoʊn/Part of speech nounSorted eenopptStarts with PEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. any of various water-soluble compounds that form by hydrolysis in the digestion of proteins to amino acids

Word origin

From German Pepton, from Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón, “cooked, digested”) derived from πέπτω (péptō, “soften, ripen, boil, cook, bake, digest”).

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