pepsinogen

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pepsinogen - 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]

pepsinogen - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pepsinogen
      n 1: precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and
           converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach