Associations to the word «Enterokinase»

Wiktionary

ENTEROKINASE, noun. (enzyme) An enzyme, secreted by the upper intestinal mucosa, that catalyzes the activation of trypsinogen by converting it to trypsin

Dictionary definition

ENTEROKINASE, noun. Enzyme in the intestinal juice that converts inactive trypsinogen into active trypsin.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats