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Noun: trypsinogen  trip'si-nu-jun
  1. Inactive precursor of trypsin; a substance secreted by the pancreas and converted to active trypsin by enterokinase in the small intestine
    "Trypsinogen is activated to trypsin in the duodenum"

Type of: trypsin

Encyclopedia: Trypsinogen