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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.

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  1. 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.
  2. n. an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate
  3. n. an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate