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peptone (n.)
a general name for a substance into which the nitrogenous elements of food are converted by digestion, 1860, from German Pepton (1849), from Greek pepton, neuter of peptos "cooked, digested," verbal adjective of peptein "to cook" (from PIE root *pekw- "to cook, ripen"). Related: Peptonic.
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