Suc"cus (?), n.; pl. Succi (). Med.

The expressed juice of a plant, for medicinal use.

Succus entericus (). [NL., literally, juice of the intestines.] Physiol. A fluid secreted in small by certain glands (probably the glands of Lieberkuhn) of the small intestines. Its exact action is somewhat doubtful.

 

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