Gastric Juice
Noun
1.
gastric juice
- digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase
digestive fluid
,
digestive juice
- secretions that aid digestion
lipase
- an enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream
pepsin
- an enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones
chymosin
,
rennin
- an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate
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