SYN: enteropeptidase.
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en·tero·ki·nase .ent-ə-rō-'kī-.nās, -.nāz n an enzyme esp. of the upper intestinal mucosa that activates trypsinogen by converting it to trypsin
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n.
the former name for enteropeptidase.
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en·tero·ki·nase (en″tər-o-kiґnās) former name for enteropeptidase.Medical dictionary. 2011.