PANCREATINS

Noun

pancreatins

plural of pancreatin

Anagrams

• Caspian tern

Source: Wiktionary

PANCREATIN

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