pepsinhydrochloric acid
English
Etymology
pepsin + hydrochloric acid
Noun
pepsinhydrochloric acid (uncountable)
- (biochemistry, archaic) A hypothetical acid supposed to be formed when pepsin and dilute hydrochloric acid are mixed together.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pepsinhydrochloric acid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)