Hypertext Webster Gateway: "trypsin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trypsin \Tryp"sin\, n. [Cr. ? a rubbing, fr. ? to rub, grind. So
called because it causes proteid matter to break up or to
fall apart.] (physiol.)
A proteolytic ferment, or enzyme, present in the pancreatic
juice. Unlike the pepsin of the gastric juice, it acts in a
neutral or alkaline fluid, and not only converts the
albuminous matter of the food into soluble peptones, but
also, in part, into leucin and tyrosin.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
trypsin
n : an enzyme of pancreatic origin; catalyzes the hydrolysis of
proteins to smaller polypeptide units
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