renninogen

English

Etymology

From rennin +‎ -o- +‎ -gen.

Noun

renninogen (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of prochymosin.
    • 1908 July 25, W. H. Wilcox, “The importance and significance of the chemical examination of the gastric contents after a test meal, with a new method for estimating the ferment activity of the gastric contents”, in The Lancet‎[1], page 223:
      In cases where the acidity of the gastric contents is low, and also the ferment activity, I have found that frequently most of the ferment is present as renninogen and not as rennin.
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