n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; flesh. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance found abundantly in muscle tissue.
n. (Physiol. Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous body closely related to creatin but more basic in its properties, formed from the latter by the action of acids, and occurring naturally in muscle tissue and in urine.
n. [ See pancreas. ] (Physiol. Chem.) One of the digestive enzymes of the pancreatic juice. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ By some the term pancreatin is restricted to the amylolytic ferment of the pancreatic juice (amylase), by others it is applied to trypsin, and by still others to steapsin (the lipase of pancreatic juice). [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]