pepsinogen

1. 1.

   precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach

   Broaderenzyme

Other forms of pepsinogen

plural

pepsinogens·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pepsinogen

What does pepsinogen mean?

pepsinogen means "precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach".

How many syllables are in pepsinogen?

pepsinogen has 4 syllables and divides as pep-si-no-gen under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.