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Pepsinogen Moderate

Pepsinogen has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach

2

A zymogen that is converted into pepsin by the hydrochloric acid in the stomach.

See Also
stomach hydrochloric acid gastric juice zymogen propepsin gastrotropin pepsin
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
enzyme
Rhyming Words
gen agen lgen hugen regen gegen degen yugen wagen eigen vigen rogen eugen sagen dogen jigen ingen mugen dagen gagen
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