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peptone
[ pep-tohn ]
noun
, Biochemistry.
- any of a class of diffusible, soluble substances into which proteins are converted by partial hydrolysis.
peptone
/ pɛpˈtɒnɪk; ˈpɛptəʊn /
noun
- biochem any of a group of compounds that form an intermediary group in the digestion of proteins to amino acids See also proteose
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Derived Forms
- peptonic, adjective
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Other Words From
- peptone·like adjective
- pep·ton·ic [pep-, ton, -ik], adjective
- pep·to·noid [pep, -t, uh, -noid], noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of peptone1
1855–60; < German Pepton < Greek peptón, neuter of peptós cooked, digested, verbid of péptein
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Word History and Origins
Origin of peptone1
C19: from German Pepton, from Greek pepton something digested, from peptein to digest
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Example Sentences
Steam in the steamer at 100° C. for twenty minutes to dissolve the peptone and glucose.
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Heat in the steamer at 100° C. for twenty minutes to complete the solution of the peptone.
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Heat in the steamer at 100° C. for thirty minutes, to completely dissolve the peptone, etc.
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Both the tyrosine and tryptophane may be either in the free state or in combination as polypeptid or peptone.
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Subcultivate such as appear to be composed of diphtheria bacilli in glucose peptone solution.
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