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1. (n.) zymogen
any of various enzyme precursor molecules that may change into an enzyme as a result of catalytic change.
Etymology: (< G (1875); see zymo -, -gen)
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1. (noun) proenzyme, zymogen
any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active
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1. (noun) zymogen
a mother substance, or antecedent, of an enzyme or chemical ferment; -- applied to such substances as, not being themselves actual ferments, may by internal changes give rise to a ferment
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