ENTEROKINASE

enterokinase

(noun) enzyme in the intestinal juice that converts inactive trypsinogen into active trypsin

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

enterokinase (plural enterokinases)

(enzyme) An enzyme, secreted by the upper intestinal mucosa, that catalyzes the activation of trypsinogen by converting it to trypsin

Synonyms

• enteropeptidase

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

26 January 2025

NEGLECT

(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”


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An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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