trypsinogen

1. 1.

   inactive precursor of trypsin; a substance secreted by the pancreas and converted to active trypsin by enterokinase in the small intestine

   Broadertrypsin

Other forms of trypsinogen

plural

trypsinogens·

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 trypsinogen

What does trypsinogen mean?

trypsinogen means "inactive precursor of trypsin; a substance secreted by the pancreas and converted to active trypsin by enterokinase in the small intestine".

How many syllables are in trypsinogen?

trypsinogen has 4 syllables: tryp-si-no-gen. The stress falls on "si".

Is trypsinogen a common word?

trypsinogen is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.