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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. inactive precursor of trypsin; a substance secreted by the pancreas and converted to active trypsin by enterokinase in the small intestine;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Trypsinogen \Tryp*sin"o*gen\, n. [Trypsin + -gen.] (Physiol.) The antecedent of trypsin, a substance which is contained in the cells of the pancreas and gives rise to the trypsin. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

trypsinogen n 1: inactive precursor of trypsin; a substance secreted by the pancreas and converted to active trypsin by enterokinase in the small intestine