gastric juice

American  

noun

1. the digestive fluid, containing pepsin and other enzymes, secreted by the glands of the stomach.

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gastric juice British  

noun

1. a digestive fluid secreted by the stomach, containing hydrochloric acid, pepsin, rennin, etc

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gastric juice Scientific  

1. A fluid secreted by glands lining the inside of the stomach. It contains hydrochloric acid and enzymes, such as pepsin, that aid in digestion.

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Etymology

Origin of gastric juice

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

Extraction rates, referring to how much of a substance is released when exposed to gastric juice, ranged from 0.11% to 7.33%.

From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2025

By 1904, the venture was selling more than three thousand flagons of gastric juice annually, Todes writes, and the profits helped increase the lab budget by about seventy per cent.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 17, 2014

During each phase, the secretion of gastric juice can be stimulated or inhibited.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

They also drained gastric juice from the stomachs of nine dolphins, which didn't hurt the animals.

From Science Magazine • May 1, 2013

If it is firm and solid, that is, if the bread is heavy, it can not be easily penetrated by the gastric juice, and consequently is indigestible.

From A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery by Corson, Juliet