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n.
A toxic alkaloid found occasionally associated with the peptones formed from fibrin by pepsinhydrochloric acid.
a.
Of or pertaining to pepper; having the qualities of pepper; hot; pungent.
n.
The soluble and diffusible substance or substances into which albuminous portions of the food are transformed by the action of the gastric and pancreatic juices. Peptones are also formed from albuminous matter by the action of boiling water and boiling dilute acids.
n.
Collectively, in a broader sense, all the products resulting from the solution of albuminous matter in either gastric or pancreatic juice. In this case, however, intermediate products (albumose bodies), such as antialbumose, hemialbumose, etc., are mixed with the true peptones. Also termed albuminose.
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.
a.
Hot; pungent; peppery.
n.
A substance related to peptone.
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Same as Peptohydrochloric.
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Same as Peptogenous.
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Capable of yielding, or being converted into, peptone.
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A volatile oil (oil of peppermint) distilled from the fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit (essence of peppermint) obtained from it.
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The presence of peptone, or a peptonelike body, in the urine.
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A lozenge of sugar flavored with peppermint.
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Any herb of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium sativum; -- called also pepperwort. All the species have a pungent flavor.
v. t.
To convert into peptone; to digest or dissolve by means of a proteolytic ferment; as, peptonized food.
a.
Designating a hypothetical acid (called peptohydrochloric acid, pepsinhydrochloric acid, and chloropeptic acid) which is supposed to be formed when pepsin and dilute (0.1-0.4 per cent) hydrochloric acid are mixed together.
n.
A substance convertible into peptone.
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Pertaining to pepsin; resembling pepsin in its power of digesting or dissolving albuminous matter; containing or yielding pepsin, or a body of like properties; as, the peptic glands.
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Relating to digestion; promoting digestion; digestive; as, peptic sauces.
n.
See Peppergrass.
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