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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ferment similar to pepsin, supposedly secreted by the glands of the pyloric portion of the stomach, which is capable of acting not only in acid but also in feebly alkaline media, and yields tryptophan among the end-products of digestion to which it gives rise.
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