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• Gastric acid — is a digestive fluid, formed in the stomach. It has a pH of 1 to 2 and is composed of hydrochloric acid (HCl) (around 0.5%, or 5000 parts per million), and large quantities of potassium chloride (KCl) and sodium chloride (NaCl). The acid plays a… …   Wikipedia

• Gastric bypass surgery — Gastric bypass procedures (GBP) are any of a group of similar operations used to treat morbid obesity the severe accumulation of excess weight as fatty tissue and the health problems (comorbidities) it causes. Bariatric surgery is the term… …   Wikipedia

• Gastric juice — is a strong acidic liquid, pH 1 to 3 in humans, which is close to being colourless. The hormone gastrin is released into the bloodstream when peptides are detected in the stomach. This causes gastric glands in the lining of the stomach to secrete …   Wikipedia

• gastric juice — n a thin watery acid digestive fluid secreted by the glands in the mucous membrane of the stomach and containing 0.2 to 0.4 percent free hydrochloric acid and several enzymes (as pepsin) * * * the liquid secreted by the gastric glands of the… …   Medical dictionary

• gastric juice — n. the clear digestive fluid produced by glands in the mucous membrane lining the stomach: it contains enzymes and hydrochloric acid and has a pH of c. 2.0 …   English World dictionary

• gastric gland — ▪ anatomy  any of the branched tubules in the inner lining of the stomach that secrete gastric juice and protective mucus.       There are three types of gastric glands, distinguished from one another by location and type of secretion. The… …   Universalium

• gastric acid — noun digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase • Syn: ↑gastric juice • Hypernyms: ↑digestive juice, ↑digestive fluid • Substance Meronyms: ↑lipase,… …   Useful english dictionary

• gastric juice — noun digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase • Syn: ↑gastric acid • Hypernyms: ↑digestive juice, ↑digestive fluid • Substance Meronyms: ↑lipase,… …   Useful english dictionary

• gastric shield — (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia) A sclerotized plate that lines a part of the stomach, that aids the crystalline style by abrasion, thus releasing carbohydrate digesting enzymes …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• gastric juice — the digestive fluid, containing pepsin and other enzymes, secreted by the glands of the stomach. [1720 30] * * * …   Universalium

• gastric juice — gas′tric juice n. phl the digestive fluid, containing pepsin and other enzymes, secreted by the glands of the stomach • Etymology: 1720–30 …   From formal English to slang