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| a coagulating enzyme occurring in the gastric juice of the calf, forming the active principle of rennet and able to curdle milk. |
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n. An enzyme that catalyzes the coagulation of milk, found in the gastric juice of the fourth stomach of young ruminants and used in making cheeses and junkets. Also called chymosin, rennet. [renn(et) + -in.] |
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| rennin | |
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| an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate |
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| rennin
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An enzyme that catalyzes the coagulation of milk. Rennin is found in the gastric juice of the fourth stomach of young ruminants and is used in making cheese. Also called chymosin. |
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