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rennin

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ren=nin

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun rennin has 1 sense

rennin(n = noun.substance) chymosin - an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate; Array

is a kind of enzyme, coagulase

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CIDE DICTIONARY

rennin, n.

A milk-clotting enzyme obtained from the true stomach (abomasum) of a suckling calf. Mol. wt. about 31,000. Also called chymosin, rennase, and abomasal enzyme. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

rennin, n. Biochem. an enzyme secreted into the stomach of unweaned mammals causing the clotting of milk.

Etymology

RENNET + -IN

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