chymotrypsinogen

[kahy-moh-trip-sin-uh-juh n, -jen]

noun Biochemistry.

a zymogen that is converted by trypsin to chymotrypsin.

Origin of chymotrypsinogen

First recorded in 1930–35; chymotrypsin + -o- + -gen

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British Dictionary definitions for chymotrypsinogen

chymotrypsinogen

noun

the inactive precursor of chymotrypsin

Word Origin for chymotrypsinogen

C20: from chymotrypsin + -gen

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chymotrypsinogen in Medicine

chymotrypsinogen

[kī′mō-trĭp-sĭn′ə-jən, -jĕn′]

n.

A precursor of chymotrypsin in the pancreas.