gastric acid
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1. digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase (noun.body)
| substance holonym | : | lipase, |
| definition | : | an enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream (noun.substance) |
| substance holonym | : | pepsin, |
| definition | : | an enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones (noun.substance) |
| substance holonym | : | chymosin, rennin, |
| definition | : | an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate (noun.substance) |
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