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Webster 1913 Edition


Succus

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Suc′cus

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Noun.
;
pl.
Succi
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(Med.)
The expressed juice of a plant, for medicinal use.
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Succus entericus
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[NL., literally, juice of the intestines.]
(Physiol.)
A fluid secreted in small by certain glands (probably the glands of Lieberkühn) of the small intestines. Its exact action is somewhat doubtful.