The Collaborative International Dictionary
Peptonize
Peptonize \Pep"to*nize\, v. t. (Physiol.) To convert into peptone; to digest or dissolve by means of a proteolytic ferment; as, peptonized food.
Wiktionary
peptonize
vb. (context physiology biochemistry English) To convert a protein into peptones under the influence of the enzyme pepsin
Usage examples of "peptonize".
After seeing their draperies and the surrounding landscape gradually peptonized and transformed, the unhappy Jonahs of Toledo discover, to their horror, that they themselves are being digested.
Beers of the German type are less heavily hopped and more peptonized than English beers, and more highly charged with carbonic acid, which, owing to the low fermentation and storing temperatures, is retained for a comparatively long time and keeps the beer in condition.