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ENTEROKINASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does enterokinase mean?
• ENTEROKINASE (noun)
The noun ENTEROKINASE has 1 sense:
1. enzyme in the intestinal juice that converts inactive trypsinogen into active trypsin
Familiarity information: ENTEROKINASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enzyme in the intestinal juice that converts inactive trypsinogen into active trypsin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("enterokinase" is a kind of...):
enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)
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