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Pancreatic juice   /pˌænkriˈætɪk dʒus/   Listen
Pancreatic juice

noun
1.
A fluid secreted into the duodenum by the pancreas; important for breaking down starches and proteins and fats.





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"Pancreatic juice" Quotes from Famous Books



... afford it. For this special part of the animal's anatomy is that one of all the viscera whose mission is to help digestion. It is of the very pancreas itself, that stomach gland of marvelously involved structure which elaborates the powerful pancreatic juice. It is alkaline in nature, able to digest starches, fats, and most of what escapes digestion in the stomach proper. It received its name from a fancied resemblance in its substance and formation to the rising lumps of dough destined ...
— The Story of Crisco • Marion Harris Neil


Words linked to "Pancreatic juice" :   digestive fluid, digestive juice


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