trypsin
(trip′sĭn)
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[Gr. tripsis, friction + -in]
A proteolytic enzyme formed in the intestine from trypsinogen. It catalyzes the hydrolysis of peptide bonds in partly digested proteins and some native proteins, the final products being amino acids and various polypeptides.
SEE: chymotrypsin; SEE: digestion; SEE: enzyme; SEE: pancreas
tryptic (tik)
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Trypsin." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747711/all/trypsin.
Trypsin. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747711/all/trypsin. Accessed December 12, 2024.
Trypsin. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747711/all/trypsin
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