papain
Americannoun
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Biochemistry. a proteolytic enzyme found in the fruit of the papaya tree, Carica papaya.
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Pharmacology. a commercial preparation of this used as a meat tenderizer and in medicine as a digestant.
noun
Etymology
Origin of papain
Example Sentences
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For example, pineapple have a protease called bromelain, kiwifruit has actinidin and papaya have papain.
From US News ● Apr. 27, 2016
One evening, he gave adolescent rabbits intravenous injections of papain.
From Time Magazine Archive
Using a protein-splitting enzyme called papain, Porter broke the antibody molecule into three fragments.
From Time Magazine Archive
If children cried for Castoria in those days, they kicked papain the shins for Buster Brown and his sweetheart, Mary Jane, and his dog, Tige.
From Time Magazine Archive
The natives use the cold infusion of the leaves to wash clothes spotted with blood and the spots disappear rapidly by virtue of the ferment papain which digests the fibrin.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
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