PEPSINOGEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pepsinogen mean? 

• PEPSINOGEN (noun)
  The noun PEPSINOGEN has 1 sense:

1. precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach

  Familiarity information: PEPSINOGEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEPSINOGEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("pepsinogen" is a kind of...):

enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)

 Context examples 

A measurement of the pepsinogen I in a biological specimen.

(Pepsinogen I Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of pepsinogen I present in a sample.

(Pepsinogen I Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the pepsinogen C in a biological specimen.

(Pepsinogen C Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of pepsinogen II present in a sample.

(Pepsinogen II Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the pepsinogen II in a biological specimen.

(Pepsinogen II Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A measurement of the pepsinogen in a biological specimen.

(Pepsinogen Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of pepsinogen present in a sample.

(Pepsinogen Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the amount of pepsinogen C present in a sample.

(Pepsinogen C Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the pepsinogen A in a biological specimen.

(Pepsinogen A Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of pepsinogen A present in a sample.

(Pepsinogen A Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)