Peptone is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PEPTONE in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a substance resulting from the digestion of protein by pepsin
• a soluble protein formed in the early stage of protein breakdown during digestion.
• a solution of peptone in saline, used as a liquid medium for growing bacteria.
• any of a group of organic compounds
• 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.
• 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.
• any of various water-soluble compounds that form by hydrolysis in the digestion of proteins to amino acids
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a protein compound

Words related to PEPTONE

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Words that contain PEPTONE

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How to use PEPTONE in a sentence

• Oliver, of Harrogate, has proposed the use of an acidulated peptone solution for this purpose, and the reaction is undoubtedly a good one.
• Thus prepared, the peptone shows no signs of decomposition on keeping.

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