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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OXYNTIC

Ox *yn "tic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol.)

 

Defn: Acid; producing acid; -applied especially to certain glands and cells in the stomach.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

oxyntic

ox yn tic |äkˈsintik ɑkˈsɪntɪk | ▶adjective of or denoting the secretory cells that produce hydrochloric acid in the main part of the stomach, or the glands that they compose. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Greek oxunteos (verbal noun from oxunein ‘sharpen ’) + -ic .

 

Oxford Dictionary

oxyntic

oxyntic |ɒkˈsɪntɪk | ▶adjective of or denoting the secretory cells which produce hydrochloric acid in the main part of the stomach, or the glands which they compose. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Greek oxunteos (verbal noun from oxunein ‘sharpen ’) + -ic .