pancreatin
(noun) extract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pancreatin (countable and uncountable, plural pancreatins)
A mixture of several digestive enzymes produced by the exocrine cells of the pancreas, composed of amylase, lipase and protease.
Source: Wiktionary
Pan"cre*a*tin, n. Etym: [See Pancreas.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 July 2024
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