ingluvin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A digestive substance resembling pepsin, obtained from the gizzards of fowls, employed as a digestant and to relieve vomiting in pregnancy.

Word forms

ingluvin

Etymology

From ingluvies + -in.

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