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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Papain

· Pa·pa·in · IPA
01 n. A proteolytic ferment, like trypsin, present in the juice of the green fruit of the papaw (Carica Papaya) of tropical America.
  1. 1.
    A proteolytic ferment, like trypsin, present in the juice of the green fruit of the papaw (Carica Papaya) of tropical America.(Physiol. Chem.)