Words Like RENNIN

We have put together a list of words that are similar to RENNIN.

2 Alternative Words Similar to rennin

1 Chymosin Noun Synonym Words Like Chymosin

2 Coagulase Noun Synonym Words Like Coagulase

5 definitions of rennin

1 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.

2 an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate

3 An enzyme that catalyzes the coagulation of milk, found in the gastric juice of the fourth stomach of young ruminants and used in making cheeses and junkets. Also called chymosin, rennet.

4 Same as chymosin.

5 A proteolytic enzyme, obtained the gastric juice of the abomasum of calves, used to coagulate milk and make cheese

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