- tryptic
- adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from trypsin Date: 1883 of, relating to, or produced by trypsin or its action
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Tryptic — Tryp tic, a. (Physiol.) Relating to trypsin or to its action; produced by trypsin; as, trypsin digestion. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tryptic — 1888, from TRYPSIN (Cf. trypsin) + IC (Cf. ic) (Cf. pepsin/peptic) … Etymology dictionary
tryptic — Relating to trypsin, as t. digestion. * * * tryp·tic trip tik adj of, relating to, or produced by trypsin or its action <tryptic digestion> * * * tryp·tic (trip″tik) relating to or produced as a result of digestion by trypsin … Medical dictionary
tryptic — ˈtriptik adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary trypsin + tic (as in peptic) 1. : of or relating to trypsin or to its action 2. : produced by trypsin tryptic digestion … Useful english dictionary
tryptic — See trypsin. * * * … Universalium
tryptic — adjective Of, pertaining to or produced by trypsin … Wiktionary
tryptic — tryp·tic … English syllables
Cystine tryptic agar — (CTA), also known as cystine trypticase agar[1][2], is a growth medium used for the identification of microorganisms.[3] It can be used to determine if organisms can ferment various carbohydrates, including maltose, lactose, and sucrose. This… … Wikipedia
stratum corneum tryptic enzyme — a serine endopeptidase that is abundant in the stratum corneum and together with stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme catalyzes degradation of the constituent proteins of corneodesmosomes, which is necessary for desquamation. An excess of this… … Medical dictionary
trypsin — tryptic /trip tik/, adj. /trip sin/, n. Biochem. a proteolytic enzyme of the pancreatic juice, capable of converting proteins into peptone. [1875 80; irreg. < Gk trîps(is) friction (tríb(ein) to rub + sis SIS) + IN2; so called because first… … Universalium
