See Also: aerolite(medicine)
aerolite(dictionary)

peptogen (iou) and aerolite (medicine)


peptogen (iou)



peptogen noun. L19.
[from Greek peptos (see PEPTIC) + -GEN.]
Any of various substances which stimulate the secretion of pepsin by the gastric mucosa.

aerolite (medicine)


aerolite
<astronomy> A stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone.

Some writers limit the word to stony meteorites.

Origin: Aero-: cf. F. Aerolithe.

Source: Websters Dictionary