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gastric juice

gas·tric juice
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [gas-trik joos]
    • /ˈgæs trɪk dʒus/
    • /ˈɡæs.trɪk dʒuːs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [gas-trik joos]
    • /ˈgæs trɪk dʒus/

Definitions of gastric juice words

  • noun gastric juice the digestive fluid, containing pepsin and other enzymes, secreted by the glands of the stomach. 1
  • noun gastric juice digestive fluid 1
  • noun gastric juice a digestive fluid secreted by the stomach, containing hydrochloric acid, pepsin, rennin, etc 0
  • noun gastric juice the clear digestive fluid produced by glands in the mucous membrane lining the stomach: it contains enzymes and hydrochloric acid and has a pH of c. 2.0 0

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Origin of gastric juice

First appearance:

before 1720
One of the 49% newest English words
First recorded in 1720-30

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Parts of speech for Gastric juice

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

gastric juice popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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