| NOUN | body | gastric juice, gastric acid | digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase |
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| Meaning | digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase. | |
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| Synonym | gastric acid | |
| Broader | digestive juice, digestive fluid | secretions that aid digestion |
| Substances | lipase | An enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream |
| pepsin | An enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones | |
| rennin, chymosin | An enzyme that occurs in gastric juice | |
| Spanish | ácido gástrico, jugo gástrico | |
| Catalan | àcid gàstric, suc gàstric | |
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