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erepsin

noun
  1. a mixture of proteolytic enzymes secreted by the small intestine
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Word Origin

C20 er-, from Latin ēripere to snatch (from rapere to seize) + (p) epsin
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  • Luciferase is destroyed only by pepsin (probably), trypsin, erepsin, and something in spleen and liver extract.

    The Nature of Animal Light

    E. Newton Harvey

erepsin in Medicine

erepsin

(ĭ-rĕp′sən)
n.
  1. An enzyme complex found in intestinal and pancreatic juices that functions in the breakdown of polypeptides into amino acids.
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