trypsin
Meaning of trypsin
noun
a digestive enzyme which breaks down proteins in the small intestine, secreted by the pancreas as trypsinogen.
late 19th century: from Greek tripsis ‘friction’, from tribein ‘to rub’ (because it was first obtained by rubbing down the pancreas with glycerine), + -in1.
Information about trypsin
- It is a name.
- The plural form of trypsin is: trypsins.
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Hyphenation of trypsin
trypsin
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- trypsin is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Anagrams of trypsin
Words that rhyme with trypsin
antisteapsin, cryptocapsin, kryptocapsin, sedapsin, steapsin, antipepsin, antisepsin, calepsin, cathepsin, erepsin, pepsin, perlepsin, propepsin, sepsin, spongidepsin, urosepsin, adipsin, ampelopsin, amylopsin, bacteriorhodopsin, chondropsin, erythropsin, iodopsin, leukopsin, lumirhodopsin, menisporopsin, metarhodopsin, netropsin, opsin, photopsin, porphyropsin, rhodopsin, scotopsin, solenopsin, xanthopsin, antitrypsin, bacteriotrypsin, chymotrypsin, protrypsin