(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:18:42

Pro`te*o*lyt"ic (?), a. [Proteid + Gr. to loose.] Physiol.

Converting proteid or albuminous matter into soluble and diffusible products, as peptones.

" The proteolytic ferment of the pancreas."

Foster.

 

© Webster 1913.

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