erepsin

noun

a mixture of proteolytic enzymes secreted by the small intestine

Word Origin for erepsin

C20 er-, from Latin ēripere to snatch (from rapere to seize) + (p) epsin

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Historical Examples of erepsin

Luciferase is destroyed only by pepsin (probably), trypsin, erepsin, and something in spleen and liver extract.
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E. Newton Harvey

erepsin in Medicine

erepsin

[ĭ-rĕp′sən]

n.

An enzyme complex found in intestinal and pancreatic juices that functions in the breakdown of polypeptides into amino acids.