Pancreatic juice

Definition of Pancreatic juice

(Physiol.) a colorless alkaline fluid secreted intermittently by the pancreatic gland. It is one of the most important of the digestive fluids, containing at least three distinct enzymes, trypsin, steapsin (lipase) and an amylase, by which it acts upon all three classes of food stuffs. See Pancreas.

See also: Pancreatic

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digestive fluid, digestive juice
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