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Found 2 hits - Term: pancreatin, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pancreatin \pan"creatin\, n. see pancreas. physiol.
   chem.
   one of the digestive enzymes of the pancreatic juice.
   1913 webster

   note: by some the term pancreatin is restricted to the
         amylolytic ferment of the pancreatic juice amylase,
         by others it is applied to trypsin, and by still others
         to steapsin the lipase of pancreatic juice.
         1913 webster +pjc

   2. a preparation of pancreatic juice, usually obtained from
      the ox or hog, containing the three main digestive enzymes
      trypsin, amylase, and lipase, and used in medicine as an
      aid to digestion.
      1913 webster + pjc
see also:
pancreas 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
pancreatin
     n : extract from the pancreas of animals that contains
         pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other
         conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions


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