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Pepsinogen
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) The antecedent of the ferment pepsin. A substance contained in the form of granules in the peptic cells of the gastric glands. It is readily convertible into pepsin. Also called propepsin.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pepsinogen'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/pepsinogen.html. 1828.