Meaning | secretions that aid digestion. |
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Synonym | digestive fluid |
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Part of | digestive system, gastrointestinal system, systema alimentarium, systema digestorium | The system that makes food absorbable into the body |
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Narrower | bile, gall | A digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder |
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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 |
pancreatic juice | A fluid secreted into the duodenum by the pancreas |
Broader | juice, succus | Any of several liquids / liquids of the body |
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Spanish | jugo digestivo |
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Catalan | àcid gàstric, suc digestiu |
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