名詞 peptone:

1. any of various water-soluble compounds that form by hydrolysis in the digestion of proteins to amino acids

pep.tone

n.（名詞）
Any of various compounds obtained by acid or enzyme hydrolysis of natural protein and used as nutrients in culture media.
胨：各種從天然白蛋白酸或酶水解中得到的合成物，用做培養(yǎng)細(xì)菌的營養(yǎng)培養(yǎng)基

來源：
German Pepton
德語 Pepton
from Greek peptos [digested]
源自 希臘語 peptos [可消化的]
from peptein [to digest] * see pek w-
源自 peptein [消化] *參見 pek w-

【引伸】
pepton.ic