Home > Term: pepsin
pepsin
An essential constituent of the gastric juice extracted from the stomach of the calf, sheep, and pig, and used in medicine to supply any defect of it in the stomach of a patient.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Language
- Category: Encyclopedias
- Organization: Project Gutenberg
0
Creator
- JohannesDD
- 100% positive feedback
(Sydney, Australia)