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Zymogen

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A mother substance, or antecedent, of an enzyme or chemical ferment; - applied to such substances as, not being themselves actual ferments, may by internal changes give rise to a ferment.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Zymogen'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​z/zymogen.html. 1828.