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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