RENNIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rennin mean? 

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

1. an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RENNIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

chymosin; rennin

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

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

coagulase (an enzyme that induces coagulation)

Holonyms ("rennin" is a substance of...):

gastric acid; gastric juice (digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase)

rennet (a substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket)

 Context examples 

The digestive secretions of the gastric glands in the stomach, consisting mainly of pepsin, hydrochloric acid, rennin, and mucin.

(Gastric Secretion, NCI Thesaurus)