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Meaning of SUCCUS

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any of several liquids of the body
 
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 Synonyms: juice
 
 See Also: bodily fluid, body fluid, cancer juice, digestive fluid, digestive juice, humor, humour, liquid body substance

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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