Thesaurus: zymogen

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1. 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.
2. n. any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active
3. 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. The pancreas contains but little ready-made ferment, though there is present in it a body, zymogen, which gives birth to the ferment. Foster.
4. A mother substance, or antecedent, of an enzyme or chemicalferment; -- applied to such substances as, not being themselvesactual ferments, may by internal changes give rise to a ferment.The pancreas contains but little ready-made ferment, though there ispresent in it a body, zymogen, which gives birth to the ferment.Foster.
5. n any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active