gastric juice
noun
the digestive fluid, containing pepsin and other enzymes, secreted by the glands of the stomach.
Origin of gastric juice
First recorded in 1720–30
Words nearby gastric juice
Example sentences from the Web for gastric juice
This gastric-juice theory of Mr. Talmage is an abandonment of his mouth hy- pothesis.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) |Robert G. IngersollThe walls of the stomach itself are not corroded by the gastric-juice which is rapidly dissolving the piece of meat within it.
The Romance of Natural History, Second Series |Philip Henry Gosse
British Dictionary definitions for gastric juice
gastric juice
noun
a digestive fluid secreted by the stomach, containing hydrochloric acid, pepsin, rennin, etc
Medical definitions for gastric juice
gastric juice
n.
The colorless, watery, acidic digestive fluid that is secreted by various glands in the mucous membrane of the stomach and consists chiefly of hydrochloric acid, pepsin, rennin, and mucin.
Scientific definitions for gastric juice
gastric juice
A fluid secreted by glands lining the inside of the stomach. It contains hydrochloric acid and enzymes, such as pepsin, that aid in digestion.