Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An enzyme that catalyzes the coagulation of milk, obtained from the fourth stomach of calves and other young ruminants or from genetically engineered microorganisms and used in making cheeses and junkets.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
chymosin .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biochem.) A milk-clotting enzyme obtained from the true stomach (abomasum) of a suckling calf. Mol. wt. about 31,000. Also called
chymosin ,rennase , andabomasal enzyme .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry A
proteolytic enzyme , obtained the gastric juice of theabomasum ofcalves , used tocoagulate milk and makecheese
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In the stomach of small children, especially infants an enzyme called rennin plays an important role.
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An enzyme called rennin exists in the gastric juice of the human stomach also.
School and Home Cooking Carlotta Cherryholmes Greer
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Digestive enzymes in fish stomach is similar to rennin which is found in the rumen of cattle.
Chapter 7 1983
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In the cheese-making process, when the enzyme rennin this sounds nasty, but rennin is found in calf stomachs - *ew* is added to milk, the milk coagulates and separates into a watery liquid called whey and semi-solids.
Archive 2005-11-01 2005
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In the cheese-making process, when the enzyme rennin this sounds nasty, but rennin is found in calf stomachs - *ew* is added to milk, the milk coagulates and separates into a watery liquid called whey and semi-solids.
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After this the stomach goes through several steps including being dry-salted, washed, scraped to remove surface fat, stretched onto racks where moisture is removed, then finally ground and mixed with a salt solution until the rennin is extracted.
bettyalready Diary Entry bettyalready 2002
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The enzyme, rennin, is obtained from milk fed calves.
bettyalready Diary Entry bettyalready 2002
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She's smoothing her hair, rennin 'her hands down her dress, supposed to be straightening it and all, you see.
The Witness Brown, Sandra 1995
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The enzyme, rennin, attacks the micelles of casein and breaks them down, facilitating the union with calcium.
Chapter 6 1989
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If the milk is either too cold or too hot the rennin will not be active at all.
Chapter 6 1989
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