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Papain

Definition: Papain

Papain

Noun

1. A proteolytic enzyme obtained from the unripe papaya; used as a meat tenderizer.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Note: Papain \Pa*pa"in\, noun. [From Papaw.]. (Websters 1913)

"Papain" is a common misspelling or typo for: apian, paladin, papaya, papering, pepsin, pippin.



Specialty Definitions: Papain

DomainDefinitions

Medicine

Proteolytic enzyme. Source: European Union. (references)

Health

A proteolytic enzyme obtained from Carica papaya. It is also the name used for a purified mixture of papain and chymopapain that is used as a topical enzymatic debriding agent. EC 3.4.22.2. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Papain

English words defined with "papain": tenderiser, tenderizer. (references)
Specialty definitions using "papain": Benzoylarginine NitroanilideCathepsin BLeupeptinsMyosin SubfragmentsSodium Cholate. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Papain" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Vietnamese (papain).

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Papain

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

papain

64

papain enzyme

6

papain sullivan

4

papain and bromelain

3

freezing papain

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Papain

Language Translations for "papain"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

papain. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

papaïne. (various references)

   

French

  

papaïne. (various references)

   

German

  

Papain. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

παπαΐνη. (various references)

   

Italian

  

papaina. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

apainpay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

papaína. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

папский (apostolic, apostolical, papal). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

papaína. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

папаін. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

Papain. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Papain

Derivations

Words beginning with "papain": papains. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Papain"

Words rhyming with "papain" (pronounced 'Pa*pa"in'): Bavin, BRUIN, Cavin, Cholophaein, Cicutoxin, Colin, Covin, Cumin, Fortin, fraxin, gamin, Glairin, Haemaphaein, haematoidin, Hemaphaein, Hematein, hematoidin, Invertin, Lardacein, Levin, Linoxin, Mydatoxin, Myeloidin, Neo-Latin, Oleoresin, Phthalin, Picrotoxin, Platin, Plevin, Pyin, resin, robin, Rugin, satin, Scheelin, serin, Sewin, Smutchin, spavin, Tapayaxin, Teguexin, Telerythin, Tokin, Tophin, Typhotoxin, Urechitoxin, Venin, Vincetoxin, Whiskin, Xyloidin, Zein. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Papain

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-i-n-p-p"

-1 letter: apian.

-2 letters: nipa, pain, papa, pian, pina.

-3 letters: ain, ana, ani, nap, nip, pan, pap, pia, pin, pip.

-4 letters: aa, ai, an, in, na, pa, pi.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-i-n-p-p"
 

+1 letter: papains, paphian.

 

+2 letters: paphians, papyrian, priapean.

 

+3 letters: antipapal, appalling, appealing, appearing, appeasing, appertain, appliance, applicant, lagniappe, palpating, palpation, palpitant.

 

+4 letters: appareling, apparition, appertains, applauding, appliances, applicants, appraising, catnapping, inapparent, lagniappes, palpations, papaverine.

 

+5 letters: antipopular, appallingly, apparelling, apparitions, appealingly, appellation, appertained, application, approaching, approbating, approbation, captainship, coappearing, handicapped, handicapper, hypercapnia, malapropian, palpitating, palpitation, pantropical, papaverines, papermaking, participant, pitapatting, preadapting, preparation, preprandial, propagating, propagation, reappearing, spanakopita, spanokopita, unappealing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Papain


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 61 70 61 69 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100001 01110000 01100001 01101001 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#97 &#112 &#97 &#105 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0061 0070 0061 0069 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

506782677580

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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