Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A substance capable of producing peptone: a general name for preparations which are said to facilitate peptic digestion.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Physiol.) A substance convertible into peptone.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun physiology Any substance convertible into peptone.

Etymologies

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peptone and -gen.

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