Hem`i*pep"tone (?), n. [Hemi- +
peptone.] (Physiol. Chem.)A product of the
gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter.
☞ Unlike antipeptone it is convertible into leucin and
tyrosin, by the continued action of pancreatic juice. See
Peptone. It is also formed from hemialbumose and albumin by
the action of boiling dilute sulphuric acid.