peptone

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peptone

/ˈpɛptoʊn/ US

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From German Pepton, from Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón, “cooked, digested”) derived from πέπτω (péptō, “soften, ripen, boil, cook, bake, digest”).

noun peptones

Any water-soluble mixture of polypeptides and amino acids formed by the partial hydrolysis of protein.

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noun water-soluble product of partial protein hydrolysis

Español	peptona
Português	peptona
Français	peptone
Italiano	peptone
Ελληνικά	πεπτόνη peptóni

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@misc{peptone_2026,
  title = {peptone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/peptone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}