erepsin

erepsin
erepsin [ē rep′sin]
n.
Ger < L ereptus, pp. of eripere, to snatch away (< e-, out + rapere, to snatch: see RAPE1) + Ger pepsin, PEPSIN
an enzyme mixture once thought to be one enzyme, secreted by the small intestine and involved in the breaking down of proteins into their component amino acids

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e·rep·sin (ĭ-rĕpʹsən) n.
An enzyme complex found in intestinal and pancreatic juices that functions in the breakdown of polypeptides into amino acids.
  [Latin ēripere, to snatch away (ē-, ex-, ex- + rapere, to seize; See rep- + pepsin.]

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