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- noun Plural form of
pepsin .
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Examples
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The gain in weight of the albumen in the check experiment, due to absorbed water, was calculated into percentage, and the same deducted from the weights of the other portions which had been subjected to the action of various pepsins.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 Various
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With this I succeeded in getting accurate comparisons between the digestive powers of various pepsins.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 Various
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I neither nibble nuts like a squirrel, nor grapes like a bird -- I care nothing for all this jargon about pepsins and proteids and all the rest of it.
The Explorer 1919
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