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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROTEOLYTIC

Pro `te *o *lyt "ic, a. Etym: [Proteid + Gr. (Physiol.)

 

Defn: Converting proteid or albuminous matter into soluble and diffusible products, as peptones. " The proteolytic ferment of the pancreas. " Foster.