peptone

English

Etymology

From German Pepton, from Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón, “cooked”) derived from πέπτω (péptō).

Noun

peptone (plural peptones)

(biochemistry) Any water-soluble mixture of polypeptides and amino acids formed by the partial hydrolysis of protein.

Derived terms

Translations

water-soluble product of partial protein hydrolysis

Italian: peptone (it) m
Portuguese: peptona f
Spanish: peptona f

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “peptone”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

French

Noun

peptone f (plural peptones)

peptone

Further reading

“peptone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pepˈto.ne/
Rhymes: -one
Hyphenation: pep‧tó‧ne

Noun

peptone m (plural peptoni)

peptone

Further reading

peptone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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