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GASTRIC ACID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gastric acid" is a kind of...):
digestive fluid; digestive juice (secretions that aid digestion)
Meronyms (substance of "gastric acid"):
lipase (an enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream)
pepsin (an enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones)
chymosin; rennin (an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate)
Context examples:
Gastric acid is a key factor in normal upper gastrointestinal functions, including protein digestion and calcium and iron absorption, as well as providing some protection against bacterial infections.
(Gastric Acid Secretion Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
A test used to measure the amount of gastric acid made by the stomach.
(Gastric acid secretion test, NCI Dictionary)
This may prevent gastric neuroendocrine enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cell-induced secretion of histamine, ultimately preventing gastric acid secretion from adjacent parietal cells.
(Cholecystokinin B Receptor Antagonist YF476, NCI Thesaurus)
A drug used to help diagnose gastrinomas (tumors that cause too much gastric acid to be made) and other problems with the pancreas.
(ChiRhoStim, NCI Dictionary)
As a result, this prolongs activities of dopamine and norepinephrine and leads to central nervous system (CNS) stimulation and metabolic effects, including appetite-suppression, decreased gastric acid secretion and increased blood pressure.
(Phendimetrazine Tartrate, NCI Thesaurus)
Surgery to cut the parts of the vagus nerve that cause gastric acid to be made in the stomach.
(Parietal cell vagotomy, NCI Dictionary)
Gastric acid is made of hydrochloric acid.
(Gastric acid, NCI Dictionary)
Both magnesium hydroxide and aluminum hydroxide react with excess acid in the stomach thereby neutralizing gastric acid.
(Magnesium Hydroxide/Aluminum Hydroxide/Simethicone Suspension, NCI Thesaurus)
By mimicking amylin, davalintide, which has a half-life similar to amylin, slows gastric emptying, inhibits digestive secretions (gastric acid, pancreatic enzymes, and bile), reduces glucagon secretion, and increases satiety.
(Davalintide, NCI Thesaurus)
Maalox, a combination of aluminum hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide, neutralizes or reduces gastric acid, thereby relieving symptoms associated with indigestion, gastritis, and gastroesophageal disease (GERD).
(Maalox, NCI Thesaurus)
