trypsin noun. ['trɪpsɪn] L19.
[App. from Greek tripsis friction, from tribein rub (because it was first obtained by rubbing down the pancreas with glycerine): see -IN¹.]
Biology. The chief digestive enzyme of the pancreatic juice, an endopeptidase which splits proteins into polypeptides.

■ trypsinize verb trans. (Biochemistry) treat with trypsin (chiefly as

■ trypsinized ppl adjective,

■ trypsinizing verbal noun) M20.

■ trypsini'zation noun (Biochemistry) treatment with trypsin M20.

■ tryp'sinogen noun the inactive form in which trypsin is secreted L19.

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