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GASTRIC DIGESTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gastric digestion mean?
• GASTRIC DIGESTION (noun)
The noun GASTRIC DIGESTION has 1 sense:
1. the process of breaking down proteins by the action of the gastric juice in the stomach
Familiarity information: GASTRIC DIGESTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of breaking down proteins by the action of the gastric juice in the stomach
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("gastric digestion" is a kind of...):
digestion (the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body)
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