Succus

Succus , also Sucus or Germanized Sukkus ( Latin juice, plural Succi ) is an increasingly seldom used term that is nowadays mainly used in the pharmaceutical or general medical field. In the pharmaceutical context , it refers to a plant juice used for medicinal purposes. Succus does not refer to the content composition.

In Austria the word is generally used for a concise summary.

See also

• Succus entericus , the liquid contents of the intestine
• Succus gastricus , the liquid contents of the stomach
• Succus nutritius or Chylus ( borrowed from the Greek word χυλός for "juice"), the food juice or food juice

literature

• Ludwig August Kraus: Critical-Etymological Medicinisches Lexikon. Publishing house of the Deuerlich- and Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, 1844

Sources and individual references

1. ↑ Collins dictionary online
2. ^ Rod L. Evans: The Gilded Tongue: Overly Eloquent Words for Everyday Things , ISBN 978-1582973821 , p. 135 [1]
3. ↑ Duden online
4. ↑ Sucus in digital dictionary of the German language
5. ↑ The Free Dictionary by Farlex
6. ↑ Ludwig August Kraus: Critical-Etymologisches medicinisches Lexikon. Publishing house of the Deuerlich- and Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, 1844