steapsin Physiological Chem.
(stiːˈæpsɪn)
[f. Gr. στέα-ρ fat, after pepsin.]
A ferment of the pancreatic juice which saponifies fat (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1898).
| 1896 Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 175 Whether it [i.e. fat necrosis] be due to a change produced by the steapsin on the fat..is not decided. 1897 Ibid. III. 723 The ferments of the pancreas, especially the fat-transforming steapsin, may be searched for. |