Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Producing peptones; capable of converting proteids into peptones.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Same as
peptogenous .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective biochemistry Producing
peptones orpepsin - adjective medicine Aiding
digestion
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Examples
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Pavlov has shown that meat is one of the most and perhaps the most "peptogenic" of foods.
How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science Eugene Lyman Fisk 1907
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This is sold in tubes or in tablets, and it is the active ingredient of the peptogenic milk powder.
The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses L. Emmett Holt
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