steapsinn.
/stiːˈapsɪn/ Physiological Chemistry.
A ferment of the pancreatic juice which saponifies fat ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1898).
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1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 175 Whether it [i.e. fat necrosis] be due to a change produced by the steapsin on the fat..is not decided.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 723 The ferments of the pancreas, especially the fat-transforming steapsin, may be searched for.
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