Usually means: Break down proteins into peptides.
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  1. peptonize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. peptonize: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. peptonize: Wiktionary
  5. peptonize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  8. Peptonize: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. peptonize: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Peptonize: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
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  1. peptonize: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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▸ verb:  (physiology, biochemistry) To convert a protein into peptones under the influence of the enzyme pepsin.

Similar:
peptonise, depeptidize, peptise, deproteinate, proteolyze, trypsinize, autoproteolyze, protaminize, endoproteolyze, phosphoactivate, more...

Opposite:
depeptonize, proteolysis

Types:
digest, catabolize, metabolize, hydrolyze, emulsify, liquefy, macerate, decompose, more...

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Similar:
peptonise, depeptidize, peptise, deproteinate, proteolyze, trypsinize, autoproteolyze, protaminize, endoproteolyze, phosphoactivate, more...

Opposite:
depeptonize, proteolysis

Types:
digest, catabolize, metabolize, hydrolyze, emulsify, liquefy, macerate, decompose, more...



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