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ingluvin

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

Noun

ingluvin (uncountable)

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

Origin of ingluvin

From ingluvies + -in.

Questions about ingluvin

What does ingluvin mean?
Ingluvin means a digestive substance resembling pepsin, obtained from the gizzards of fowls, employed as a digestant and to relieve vomiting in pregnancy.
What part of speech is ingluvin?
Ingluvin is a noun.

Words near ingluvin in the dictionary

  1. ingluts
  2. inglutted
  3. inglutting
  4. ingluvial
  5. ingluvies
  6. ingluvin
  7. ingluviolith
  8. ingluvioliths
  9. ingluviotomies
  10. ingluviotomy
  11. ingluvious

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