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Pepsin

Noun CEFR B1
ˈpɛpsɪn

Definitions

A digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Françaispepsine
DeutschPepsin
Portuguêspepsina
14 more languages
العربيةالبيبسين
Češtinapepsin
Ελληνικάπεψίνη
Bahasa Indonesiapepsin
Italianopepsina
日本語ペプシン
Nederlandspepsine
Polskipepsyna
Русскийпепсин
Српскиpepsinпепсин
Svenskapepsin

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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