单词 | peptonize |
释义 | peptonizev. transitive. To make (a protein) soluble by partial predigestion or hydrolysis, esp. in the treatment of food. Also figurative: to simplify so as to make easily comprehensible (now rare). ΚΠ 1880 Science 4 Sept. 117/2 The juice of the Carica papaya..contains a pepsin-like substance capable of peptonizing fibrin completely. 1880 Nature 23 Dec. 169/1 Preparation of artificially-digested food, peptonised materials. 1895 Athenæum 21 Sept. 392/1 Wholesome food to the apparently large public which likes its science peptonized. 1925 E. F. Benson in Storyteller June 383/1 Not less diligently did he learn the art of peptonizing his thoughts for the audience; it would never do..to make them think. 1976 Amer. Jrnl. Vet. Res. 37 803 176 nonhemolytic isolates did not peptonize litmus milk. 2000 Soil Biol. & Biochem. 32 1281 Similar results were obtained when the protein was peptonized prior to polymerization. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for indigestion stomachical1657 antacid1699 peptic1703 pepastic1706 gripe water1728 stomachic1733 concoctor1764 griper1766 stomatic1842 gripe mixture1891 peptonizer1893 1893 National Observer 5 Aug. 303/1 A good comedy is the best of peptonisers. ˈpeptonizing adj. that causes peptonization. ΚΠ 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 17/2 Peptonising apparatus. 1942 Brit. Red Cross Soc. Cookery & Catering Man. (ed. 4) vi. 75 In disease..it is necessary to nourish and restore the body by..adding a peptonizing agent which acts upon the starch before it is taken. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1880 |
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