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Amphopeptone
Amphopeptone Am`pho*pep"tone, n. [Gr. ? + E. peptone.]
(Physiol.)
A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and
antipeptone.
Antipeptone
Antipeptone An`ti*pep"tone, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing from
hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action
of pancreatic juice.
Dyspeptone
Dyspeptone Dys*pep"tone, n. [Pref. dys- + peptone.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
An insoluble albuminous body formed from casein and other
proteid substances by the action of gastric juice.
--Meissner.
HemipeptoneHemipeptone Hem`i*pep"tone, n. [Hemi- + peptone.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
A product of the gastric and pancreatic digestion of
albuminous matter.
Note: Unlike antipeptone it is convertible into leucin and
tyrosin, by the continued action of pancreatic juice.
See Peptone. It is also formed from hemialbumose and
albumin by the action of boiling dilute sulphuric acid. Metapeptone
Metapeptone Met`a*pep"tone, n. [Pref. meta- + peptone.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
An intermediate product formed in the gastric digestion of
albuminous matter.
Parapeptone
Parapeptone Par`a*pep"tone, n. [Pref. para- + peptone.]
(Phisiol. Chem.)
An albuminous body formed in small quantity by the peptic
digestion of proteids. It can be converted into peptone by
pancreatic juice, but not by gastric juice.
Peptone
Peptone Pep"tone, n. [Gr. ? cooked.] (Physiol. Chem.)
(a) The soluble and diffusible substance or substances into
which albuminous portions of the food are transformed by
the action of the gastric and pancreatic juices. Peptones
are also formed from albuminous matter by the action of
boiling water and boiling dilute acids.
(b) Collectively, in a broader sense, all the products
resulting from the solution of albuminous matter in
either gastric or pancreatic juice. In this case,
however, intermediate products (albumose bodies), such as
antialbumose, hemialbumose, etc., are mixed with the true
peptones. Also termed albuminose.
Peptonize
Peptonize Pep"to*nize, v. t. (Physiol.)
To convert into peptone; to digest or dissolve by means of a
proteolytic ferment; as, peptonized food.
Peptonoid
Peptonoid Pep"to*noid, n. [Peptone + -oid.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A substance related to peptone.
PeptonuriaPeptonuria Pep`to*nu"ri*a, n. [NL. See Peptone, and
Urine.] (Med.)
The presence of peptone, or a peptonelike body, in the urine. Propeptone
Propeptone Pro*pep"tone, n. [Pref. pro- + peptone.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
A product of gastric digestion intermediate between albumin
and peptone, identical with hemialbumose.
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