digestive juice

  • 31gastric juice — n. the clear digestive fluid produced by glands in the mucous membrane lining the stomach: it contains enzymes and hydrochloric acid and has a pH of c. 2.0 …

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  • 32gastric juice — noun Date: circa 1736 a thin watery acid digestive fluid secreted by glands in the mucous membrane of the stomach …

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  • 33gastric juice — the digestive fluid, containing pepsin and other enzymes, secreted by the glands of the stomach. [1720 30] * * * …

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  • 34gastric juice — /gæstrɪk ˈdʒus/ (say gastrik joohs) noun the digestive fluid secreted by the gastric glands of the stomach wall, and containing mainly pepsin and hydrochloric acid …

  • 35duodenal juice — noun : an alkaline protein containing fluid of weak digestive power that is secreted by the duodenum, aids in neutralizing the acid chyme of the stomach, and contains invertase, maltase, lactase, erepsin, and enterokinase …

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  • 36transplant — transplantable, adj. transplantation, n. transplanter, n. v. /trans plant , plahnt /; n. /trans plant , plahnt /, v.t. 1. to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another. 2. Surg. to transfer (an organ, tissue, etc.) from one part of… …

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  • 37succus — noun any of several liquids of the body digestive juices • Syn: ↑juice • Hypernyms: ↑liquid body substance, ↑bodily fluid, ↑body fluid, ↑humor, ↑humour …

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  • 38gastric acid — noun digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase • Syn: ↑gastric juice • Hypernyms: ↑digestive juice, ↑digestive fluid • Substance Meronyms: ↑lipase,… …

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  • 39gastrointestinal system — noun the system that makes food absorbable into the body • Syn: ↑digestive system, ↑systema alimentarium, ↑systema digestorium • Hypernyms: ↑system • Part Holonyms: ↑body, ↑ …

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  • 40systema alimentarium — noun the system that makes food absorbable into the body • Syn: ↑digestive system, ↑gastrointestinal system, ↑systema digestorium • Hypernyms: ↑system • Part Holonyms: ↑body, ↑ …

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