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Rennin

Rennin \Ren"nin\ (r[e^]n"n[i^]n), n. (Biochem.) A milk-clotting enzyme obtained from the true stomach (abomasum) of a suckling calf. Mol. wt. about 31,000. Also called chymosin, rennase, and abomasal enzyme.
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
rennin

milk-curdling enzyme, 1897, from rennet + -in (2).

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rennin

n. (context enzyme English) A proteolytic enzyme, obtained from the gastric juice of the abomasum of calves, used to coagulate milk and make cheese.

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rennin

n. an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate [syn: chymosin]

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The necessity of a milk-curding enzyme, somewhat similar to the rennin of the gastric juice, is not understood.