digestive juice
11digestive system disease — Introduction any of the diseases that affect the human digestive tract. Such disorders may affect the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine (colon), pancreas, liver, or biliary tract. A prevalent disorder of the digestive… …
12Juice — This article is about the beverage. For other uses, see Juice (disambiguation). Orange juice Juice is the liquid that is naturally contained in fruit or vegetable tissue. Juice is prepared by mechanically squeezing or macerating fruit or… …
13juice — n. 1) digestive, gastric juices 2) apple; fruit; grapefruit; lemon; orange; tomato; vegetable juice * * * [dʒuːs] fruit gastric juices grapefruit: lemon orange tomato vegetable juice apple …
14juice — I UK [dʒuːs] / US [dʒus] noun Word forms juice : singular juice plural juices ** 1) a) [countable/uncountable] the liquid that comes out of fruit or vegetables when you squeeze them and is often used as a drink orange/apple/carrot juice a… …
15juice — juice1 [ dʒus ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount the liquid that comes out of fruit or vegetables when you squeeze them, often used as a drink: orange/apple/carrot juice a selection of fruit juices a ) the liquid that comes out of something,… …
16pancreatic juice — n a clear alkaline secretion of pancreatic enzymes (as trypsin and lipase) that flows into the duodenum and acts on food already acted on by the gastric juice and saliva * * * the digestive juice secreted by the pancreas. Its production is… …
17pancreatic juice — the digestive juice secreted by the pancreas. Its production is stimulated by hormones secreted by the duodenum, which in turn is stimulated by contact with food from the stomach. If the duodenum produces the hormone secretin the pancreatic juice …
18gastric juice — noun digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase • Syn: ↑gastric acid • Hypernyms: ↑digestive juice, ↑digestive fluid • Substance Meronyms: ↑lipase,… …
19pancreatic juice — noun a fluid secreted into the duodenum by the pancreas; important for breaking down starches and proteins and fats • Hypernyms: ↑digestive juice, ↑digestive fluid …
20gastric juice — digestive fluid, fluid secreted in the stomach to aid in the digestive process …
