Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to trypsin: as, tryptic action.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Physiol.) Relating to trypsin or to its action; produced by trypsin.
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- adjective   Of, pertaining to or produced by trypsin 
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Examples
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								Anonymous said ... we've been seeing this in our lab for years -- when running tryptic digest of peptides on the mass spec, we see more contaminants from some brands of plastic tubes than others. Your Biology isn't Safe Candid Engineer 2008 
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								Australia - I've yet to see Baz Luhrmann's woefully received epic, but this tryptic of synthetically-embracing, romance-infused images had me hook, line and sinker at first sight. Archive 2009-01-01 2009 
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								Australia - I've yet to see Baz Luhrmann's woefully received epic, but this tryptic of synthetically-embracing, romance-infused images had me hook, line and sinker at first sight. 
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								In this tryptic, I find the lampoonery of the physical deformation inherent to both the slight-statured, fat-footed Frodo and the EPO-swilling, peglegged pirate in the first 2 images to be apt signifiers of his poorly cobbled performances and subsequent attempts at mea culpa. The BSNYC Absentee Art Exhibition (Part II) BikeSnobNYC 2008 
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								A burrito is far better for you, even with the chemically altered food, than the tryptic of fries, burger and soda. Archive 2004-05-01 2004 
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								We further demonstrated that HG could be generated by tryptic digestion of BG, with no significant change of total immunoreactivity. Nobel Lecture Radioimmunoassay: A Probe For Fine Structure Of Biologic Systems 1977 
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								Although there was no change in immunoreactivity following prolonged tryptic digestion (Table 1) there was complete conversion of all immunoreactivity to a peptide resembling Nobel Lecture Radioimmunoassay: A Probe For Fine Structure Of Biologic Systems 1977 
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								The gastric juice contains from 0.1 to 0.25 per cent of hydrochloric acid, imparting mildly antiseptic properties; and while the peptic ferment works in a slightly acid solution, the tryptic ferment requires an alkaline solution. Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value Harry Snyder 
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								This ferment, called by them _galactase_, on account of its origin in milk, is a proteolytic enzym of the tryptic type. Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying 1910 
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								The curd usually diminishes in bulk, due to the gradual digestion or peptonization of the casein by proteid-dissolving enzyms (tryptic type) that are also produced by the bacteria causing the change. Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying 1910 
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