Crossword-Solution: ZYMOGEN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Zymogen | n. | A mother substance, or antecedent, of an enzyme or chemical ferment; -- applied to such substances as, not being themselves actual ferments, may by internal changes give rise to a ferment. |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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eruption
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Sentences with ZYMOGEN (3)
The pancreas contains but little ready-made ferment, though there is present in it a body, zymogen, which gives birth to the ferment.
When in this stage, the compound is known as "proenzyme," or "zymogen." In this stage, it is inactive, but can be made to exhibit its catalytic effect, usually by bringing it into contact with a suitable activator.
They are most similar to the zymogen granules found so abundantly in gland cells and thought to be the precursors of various enzymes.