Meanings
noungastric juice (countable and uncountable, plural gastric juices)
plural gastric juices
- countableuncountablebiologyA secretion of the gastric glands that includes hydrochloric acid, pepsinogen and mucus.
Synonyms: gastric acid
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA secretion of the gastric glands that includes hydrochloric acid, pepsinogen and mucus.
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More synonyms by meaning
noundigestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase
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Broader
digestive juicedigestive fluid
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APA
gastric juice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastric%20juice
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“gastric juice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastric%20juice. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gastric juice,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastric%20juice.
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