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pancreatin |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pancreatin \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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