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peptogen|ˈpɛptədʒɛn|
[f. Gr. πεπτό-ς (see peptone, peptic) + -gen.]
A general name for substances which stimulate the formation of pepsin in the gastric juice. So peptoˈgenic, pepˈtogenous adjs., having the quality of forming, or stimulating the formation of, pepsin; also, having the quality of converting proteids into peptones.
1875Darwin Insectiv. Pl. vi. 129 The glands of the stomach of animals secrete pepsin as Schiff asserts, only after they have absorbed certain soluble substances, which he designates peptogenes. 1893Syd. Soc. Lex., Peptogenic, pepsin-producing. Term used for those substances which, introduced into the stomach, stimulate the secretion of the pepsin of the gastric juice. 1900Lancet 4 Aug. Advt. 43 Peptogenic Milk Powder..converts the caseine into a condition corresponding..to the peptone-like albuminoids of breast milk. |