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Webster 1913 Edition

Parapeptone

Parˊa-pep′tone

,
Noun.
[Pref.
para-
+
peptone
.]
(Phisiol. Chem.)
A proteinaceous body formed in small quantity by the peptic digestion of proteids. It can be converted into peptone by pancreatic juice, but not by gastric juice.

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