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Definition of Trypsinogen
1. Noun. Inactive precursor of trypsin; a substance secreted by the pancreas and converted to active trypsin by enterokinase in the small intestine.
Definition of Trypsinogen
1. n. The antecedent of trypsin, a substance which is contained in the cells of the pancreas and gives rise to the trypsin.
Definition of Trypsinogen
1. Noun. (biochemistry) An inactive precursor of trypsin ¹
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Definition of Trypsinogen
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Medical Definition of Trypsinogen
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Trypsinogen
Literary usage of Trypsinogen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organic Agricultural Chemistry (the Chemistry of Plants and Animals): A by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1916)
"When, therefore, pancreatic juice containing trypsinogen becomes mixed with
intestinal juice, the enterokinase of the latter activates the trypsinogen and ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"When, however, we come to consider the origin of the trypsinogen we pass to
matters of inference and to a certain extent of speculation. ..."
3. A Manual of Physiology: With Practical Exercises by George Neil Stewart (1918)
"The trypsinogen can therefore be activated within the pancreatic cells, gradually
when the pancreas is simply allowed to stand after excision, more rapidly ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"This may be called the " selective " theory. On the other hand, we may suppose
that the trypsinogen results from the breaking down, ..."
5. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry by Olof Hammarsten, Sven Gustaf Hedin (1914)
"The conversion of the trypsinogen into trypsin in the removed gland or in an
infusion under the influence of air and water and also by other bodies has been ..."
6. Principles of Biochemistry for Students of Medicine, Agriculture and Related by Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1920)
"If, however, the fluid is momentarily acidified and then neutralized, the conversion
of trypsinogen into trypsin is found to have been completed within the ..."
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