peptone

English

Etymology

From German Pepton, from Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón, “cooked, digested”) derived from πέπτω (péptō, “soften, ripen, boil, cook, bake, digest”).

Noun

peptone (plural peptones)

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

Derived terms

• amphopeptone
• antipeptone
• bactopeptone
• hemipeptone
• neopeptone

Translations

water-soluble product of partial protein hydrolysis

• Greek: πεπτόνη (el) f (peptóni)
• Italian: peptone (it) m
• Portuguese: peptona f
• Spanish: peptona f

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “peptone”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

peptone f (plural peptones)

1. 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)

1. peptone

Further reading

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