Defn: Drawn out; extended. [R.]
Time is a protensive quantity. Sir W. Hamilton.
PROTEOLYSIS
Pro`te*ol"y*sis, n. Etym: [NL. See Proteolytic.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: The digestion or dissolving of proteid matter by proteolytic ferments.
PROTEOLYTIC
Pro`te*o*lyt"ic, a. Etym: [Proteid + Gr. (Physiol.)
Defn: Converting proteid or albuminous matter into soluble and diffusible products, as peptones. " The proteolytic ferment of the pancreas." Foster.
PROTEOSE
Pro"te*ose`, n. [Proteid + -ose.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: 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.
PROTERANDROUS
Pro`ter*an"drous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Having the stamens come to maturity before the pistil; — opposed to proterogynous.
PROTERANDRY
Pro`ter*an"dry, n. (Bot.)