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pepsin

/ˈpɛpsɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
pepsin
IPA
/ˈpɛpsɪn/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From German Pepsin, corresponding to Ancient Greek πέψις (pépsis, “digestion”) + -in.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

pepsins (plural)

Derived Forms

apepsinia aspergillopepsin candidapepsin isopepsin pepsinated pepsinhydrochloric pepsinogen pepsinolysis propepsin retropepsin rhizopepsin

Phrases

pepsinhydrochloric acid Pepto-Bismol

Frequently Paired Words

dyspepsia Pepsi peptic peptide Pepto-Bismol peptone

Questions

How do you pronounce pepsin?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɛpsɪn/.
What does pepsin mean?
A digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids.
Where does pepsin come from?
It is traced to German.

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