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  • 1. enterokinase
  • Enterokinase in a sentence
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  • 1. enterokinase
  • Enterokinase in a sentence

1. enterokinase

noun. enzyme in the intestinal juice that converts inactive trypsinogen into active trypsin.

Sentences with enterokinase


1. Noun, singular or mass
The cells that line the walls of the small intestine, into which the pancreas secretes these enzymes, contain a protein called enterokinase, which activates trypsinogen into trypsin.

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