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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
pepsinogen
    n 1: precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and
         converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pepsinogen \Pep*sin"o*gen\, n. [Pepsin + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.)
   A proenzyme, the antecedent of the enzyme pepsin. A substance
   contained in the form of granules in the peptic cells of the
   gastric glands. It is readily convertible into pepsin. Also
   called propepsin.
   [1913 Webster]
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