Note: As prepared from the glandular layer of pigs' or calves' stomachs it constitutes an important article of pharmacy.
PEPSINHYDROCHLORIC
Pep`sin*hy`dro*chlo"ric, a. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: Same as Peptohydrochloric.
PEPSINOGEN
Pep*sin"o*gen, n. Etym: [Pepsin + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: The antecedent of the ferment pepsin. A substance contained in the form of granules in the peptic cells of the gastric glands. It is readily convertible into pepsin. Also called propepsin.
PEPTIC
Pep"tic, a. Etym: [L. pepticus, Gr. Pepsin.]
1. Relating to digestion; promoting digestion; digestive; as, peptic sauces.
2. Able to digest. [R.] Tolerably nutritive for a mind as yet so peptic. Carlyle.
3. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to pepsin; resembling pepsin in its power of digesting or dissolving albuminous matter; containing or yielding pepsin, or a body of like properties; as, the peptic glands.