Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The proenzym of rennin: same as chymosinogen or renninogen.

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Examples

  • Rennin is produced in the form of inactive prorennin.

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  • After consumption of milk, the hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice present in the stomach activates prorennin and converts it into its active form, rennin.

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