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oxyntic, a. Physiol.|ɒkˈsɪntɪk|
[f. Gr. type *ὀξυντ-ος, verbal adj. from ὀξύν-ειν to sharpen, make acid, f. ὀξύ-ς sharp: see -ic.]
Rendering acid, acidifying: applied to certain glands of the stomach, or to cells in them, supposed to produce the hydrochloric acid of the gastric juice.
1884A. Gamgee in Encycl. Brit. XVII. 674/1 The glands which possess these acid-forming cells have of late been termed (Langley) oxyntic glands. 1892Syd. Soc. Lex., Oxyntic cells. |