| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| cathepsin |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ca·thep·sin |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k -th p s n |
| NOUN: | Any of various proteolytic enzymes found in animal tissue that catalyze the hydrolysis of proteins into polypeptides. | | ETYMOLOGY: | German Kathepsin, from Greek kathepsein, to digest : kat-, kata-, cata- + hepsein, to boil.
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