Meaning of SUCCUS
WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [n] any of several liquids of the body |
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| Synonyms: | | juice |
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| See Also: | | bodily fluid, body fluid, cancer juice, digestive fluid, digestive juice, humor, humour, liquid body substance | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \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 Lieberk["u]hn) of
the small intestines. Its exact action is somewhat
doubtful.
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