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Showing words for PEPSIN using the English dictionary
6 Letter Words for Pepsin
pepsin
5 Letter Words for Pepsin
insep, penis, pepsi, pines, pipes, snipe, spine
4 Letter Words for Pepsin
insp, ipse, neps, nies, nips, peni, pens, peps, pien, pies, pine, pins, pipe, pips, pise, sepn, sien, sine, sipe, snip, spie, spin
3 Letter Words for Pepsin
ens, epi, esp, ins, ips, ise, isn, nei, nep, nie, nip, nis, pen, pep, pes, pie, pin, pip, pis, ppi, pps, psi, sei, sen, sep, sie, sin, sip, spp
Definitions for Pepsin
[1] an enzyme, produced in the stomach, that in the presence of hydrochloric acid splits proteins into proteoses and peptones.
[2] a commercial form of this substance, obtained from the stomachs of hogs, used as a digestive, as a ferment in the manufacture of cheese, etc.
[3] a proteolytic enzyme produced in the stomach in the inactive form pepsinogen, which, when activated by acid, splits proteins into peptones
Words nearby Pepsin
peppertree, pepperwood, pepperwort, peppery, peppy, pepsin, pepsin a, pepsinate, pepsinogen, peptalk, peptic
Origin of Pepsin
1835–45; < Greek péps(is ) digestion (pep-, base of péptein to digest + -sis -sis) + -in2
Word origin for Pepsin
C19: via German from Greek pepsis, from peptein to digest