digestive juice
Gut breakdown fluid
Digestive juice is any of the fluids secreted by organs along the digestive tract to break down food.
Gastric juice in the stomach, bile from the liver, and pancreatic juice all qualify.
The term appears in biology education and medical contexts: The digestive juices go to work as soon as food enters the stomach.
- gastricOf the stomach
- stomachDigestive organ below chest
- stomach acidDigestive fluid in belly
- acidLow-pH chemical compound
- enzymeProtein that hastens reactions
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