NOUN
- the process of breaking down proteins by the action of the gastric juice in the stomach
How To Use gastric digestion In A Sentence
- When it is discharged into the duodenum, it changes the fats into so fine an emulsion (chyle) that the microscopically fine drops of fat may be drawn into the orifices of the lymph canals and conveyed to the circulatory system, and the cleavage products of albumen produced by gastric digestion, the peptones (leucin and tyrosin) are carried along with them for the renewal of tissue cells consumed in respiration. Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration
