Proteose

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Proteose \Pro"te*ose`\, n. [Proteid + -ose.] (Physiol. Chem.)
     One of a class of soluble products formed in the digestion of
     proteids with gastric and pancreatic juice, and also by the
     hydrolytic action of boiling dilute acids on proteids.
     Proteoses are divided into the two groups, the primary and
     secondary proteoses.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]