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EREPSIN

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e·rep·sin   (ĭ-rěp'sən)   
n.  An enzyme complex found in intestinal and pancreatic juices that functions in the breakdown of polypeptides into amino acids.

[Latin ēripere, to snatch away (ē-, ex-, ex- + rapere, to seize; see rep- in Indo-European roots) + (p)epsin.]
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Main Entry: erep·sin
Pronunciation: i-'rep-s&n
Function: noun
: a proteolytic fraction obtained especially from the intestinal juice and known tobe a mixture of exopeptidases
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erepsin e·rep·sin (ĭ-rěp'sən)
n.
An enzyme complex found in intestinal and pancreatic juices that functions in the breakdown of polypeptides into amino acids.

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