peptone

From German Pepton, from Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón, “cooked, digested”) derived from πέπτω (péptō, “soften, ripen, boil, cook, bake, digest”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛptoʊn/

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peptone (plural peptones)

1. (biochemistry) Any water-soluble mixture of polypeptides and amino acids formed by the partial hydrolysis of protein.

• amphopeptone
• antipeptone
• bactopeptone
• hemipeptone
• neopeptone

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “peptone”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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peptone f (plural peptones)

1. peptone

• “peptone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /pepˈto.ne/
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: pep‧tó‧ne

peptone m (plural peptoni)

1. peptone

• peptone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana