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peptonize

[ pep-tuh-nahyz ]

verb (used with object)

peptonized, peptonizing.
  1. to subject (food) to an artificial, partial digestion by pepsin or pancreatic extract in order to aid digestion.
  2. to hydrolyze or dissolve by a proteolytic enzyme, as pepsin.


peptonize

/ ˈɛəˌԲɪ /

verb

  1. tr to hydrolyse (a protein) to peptones by enzymic action, esp by pepsin or pancreatic extract
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌٴDzԾˈپDz, noun
  • ˈٴˌԾ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • t·Ծ·tDz noun
  • t·Ծe noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of peptonize1

First recorded in 1875–80; peptone + -ize
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Example Sentences

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Attention to the bowels is of great importance in these cases and it may be necessary to peptonize the milk for some time.

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To completely peptonize the milk, two hours are required.

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Place the bottle in a large pitcher or basin of water of about 110 degrees F., or as warm as the hand can bear comfortably, and allow it to remain for ten to twenty minutes if you wish to peptonize the milk but partially; or if you wish it completely peptonized let it remain for two hours.

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Is it better to peptonize the whole day's supply, or each bottle separately just before feeding?

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If you peptonize the whole day's supply at once raise the milk to the boiling point after it has been peptonized; if only the one feeding do not peptonize it more than ten minutes before feeding for the ferment will work while the child is feeding.

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