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pepsinogen


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pepsinogen  \Pep*sin"o*gen\,  n.  [Pepsin  +  -gen.]  (Physiol.  Chem.) 
  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}. 




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