chymotrypsin

chymotrypsin [kahy-moh-trip-sin] Word Origin noun Biochemistry.

1. a proteolytic enzyme, found in pancreatic juice, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of proteins into polypeptides and amino acids.

Origin of chymotrypsin First recorded in 1930–35; chyme + -o- + trypsin Related formschy·mo·tryp·tic [kahy-moh-trip-tik] /ˌkaɪ moʊˌtrɪp tɪk/, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for chymotrypsin chymotrypsin noun

1. a powerful proteolytic enzyme secreted from the pancreas in the form of chymotrypsinogen, being converted to the active form by trypsin

Word Origin for chymotrypsin C20: from chyme + trypsin Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 chymotrypsin in Medicine chymotrypsin [kī′mə-trĭp′sĭn] n.

1. A pancreatic digestive enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of certain proteins in the small intestine into polypeptides and amino acids.

Related formschy′mo•tryp′tic (-tĭk) adj. The American Heritage® Stedman’s Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.