About The Word Pancreatin
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Pancreatin
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What's The Definition Of Pancreatin?
[n] extract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pancreatin: Related Terms | Find terms related to Pancreatin: Pancreatin In Webster's Dictionary \Pan"cre*a*tin\, n. [See {Pancreas}.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
One of the digestive ferments of the pancreatic juice; also,
a preparation containing such a ferment, made from the
pancreas of animals, and used in medicine as an aid to
digestion.
Note: By some the term pancreatin is restricted to the
amylolytic ferment of the pancreatic juice, by others
it is applied to trypsin, and by still others to
steapsin.
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