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Webster 1913 Edition

Proteolytic

Proˊte-o-lyt′ic

,
Adj.
[
Proteid
+ Gr. [GREEK] to loose.]
(Physiol.)
Converting proteid or albuminous matter into soluble and diffusible products, as peptones.
“ The proteolytic ferment of the pancreas.”
Foster.

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