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Word: Peptize
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Graham (1805–1869), chemist. From pept- + -ize
Definition:
To convert (a solid or semi-solid colloid) into a sol by chemical means.
Variant Forms:
- peptise
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