— tryptic /trip"tik/ , adj.
/trip"sin/ , n. Biochem.
a proteolytic enzyme of the pancreatic juice, capable of converting proteins into peptone.
[ 1875-80; irreg. trîps ( is ) friction ( tríb ( ein ) to rub + -sis -SIS) + -IN 2 ; so called because first obtained by rubbing the pancreas ]