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Gastric juice   /gˈæstrɪk dʒus/   Listen
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Gastric  adj.  Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the gastric artery.
Gastric digestion (Physiol.), the conversion of the albuminous portion of food in the stomach into soluble and diffusible products by the solvent action of gastric juice.
Gastric fever (Med.), a fever attended with prominent gastric symptoms; a name applied to certain forms of typhoid fever; also, to catarrhal inflammation of the stomach attended with fever.
Gastric juice (Physiol.), a thin, watery fluid, with an acid reaction, secreted by a peculiar set of glands contained in the mucous membrane of the stomach. It consists mainly of dilute hydrochloric acid and the ferment pepsin. It is the most important digestive fluid in the body, but acts only on proteid foods.
Gastric remittent fever (Med.), a form of remittent fever with pronounced stomach symptoms.






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"Gastric juice" Quotes from Famous Books



... act or two, Makes us feel our mortality in fact Redoubled; when a roast and a ragout, And fish, and soup, by some side dishes back'd, Can give us either pain or pleasure, who Would pique himself on intellects, whose use Depends so much upon the gastric juice? ...
— Don Juan • Lord Byron

... (as Hurstley judged), to wit, the Union doctor of last scene, an enterprising practitioner, glib in theory, and bold in practice—and it had been mutually agreed between them that "stomach" was the cause of these unhandsome symptoms; acridity of the gastric juice, consequent indigestion and spasm, and generally a hypochondriacal habit of body. Mr. Jennings must take certain draughts thrice a day, be very careful of his diet, and keep his mind at ease. As to Simon himself, ...
— The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper • Martin Farquhar Tupper

... more can be taken internally is explained by the rapid decomposition to which this silver salt is liable in the body by the proteine substance and chlorine combinations in the stomach, the hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice, and salt from food. ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 • Various

... hiccoughing, widening and narrowing of the arteries resulting in flushing and paling of the skin. These are muscular responses; and there are also glandular reflexes, such as the discharge of saliva from the salivary glands into the mouth, in response to a tasting substance, the flow of the gastric juice when food reaches the stomach, the flow of tears when a cinder gets into the eye. There are also inhibitory reflexes, such as the momentary stoppage of breathing in response to a dash of cold water. All in all, a large number of ...
— Psychology - A Study Of Mental Life • Robert S. Woodworth

... up! Now I should have not cared swearing that the beet would not have been killed, and I should have fully expected that the clover would have been. These seeds, however, were kept for three days in moist pellets, damp with gastric juice, after being ejected, which would have helped ...
— More Letters of Charles Darwin - Volume I (of II) • Charles Darwin



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