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PANCREATIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pancreatin mean?
• PANCREATIN (noun)
The noun PANCREATIN has 1 sense:
1. extract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions
Familiarity information: PANCREATIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("pancreatin" is a kind of...):
extract; infusion (a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water))
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