• (n.) The antecedent of the ferment 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. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/pepsinogen/
A substance made by cells in the stomach. Acid in the stomach changes pepsinogen to pepsin, which breaks down proteins in food during digestion. Found on http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?expand=P
(pep-sin´ә-jәn) a zymogen secreted by the chief cells of the gastric glands and converted into pepsin in the presence of gastric acid or of pepsin itself. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
Pep·sin'o·gen noun [ Pepsin + -gen .] (Physiol. Chem.) The antecedent of the ferment 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 . Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/50
Type: Term Pronunciation: pep-sin′ō-jen Definitions: 1. A proenzyme or zymogen formed and secreted by the chief cells of the gastric mucosa; the acidity of the gastric juice and pepsin itself remove 44 amino acyl residues from pepsinogen to form active pepsin. Synonyms: propepsin Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=66743
noun precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974