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| pep·tone [ pép tn ] (plural pep·tones) |
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breakdown product of proteins: a fragment of protein formed by enzyme action in the first stages of digestion
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| [Mid-19th century. Via German< Greek pepton, form of peptos "digested" < peptein "to digest"] |
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