peptic
[pep-tik]
- pertaining to or associated with digestion; digestive.
- promoting digestion.
- of or relating to pepsin.
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- a substance promoting digestion.
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Origin of peptic
1645–55; < Greek peptikós conducive to digestion, equivalent to pept(ós) digested (verbid of péptein) + -ikos -ic
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Historical Examples of peptic
Into this duct the ranks of cells around it pour out the peptic juice.
A Handbook of HealthWoods Hutchinson
All sin was peptic in origin: Eve ate an apple which disagreed with her.
With him, the peptic bond was the only real one; all others were shams.
We recommend our friends, before encountering such a temptation, to read our peptic precepts.
The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's ManualWilliam Kitchiner
The most characteristic symptom of the peptic ulcer is, as has been stated, hemorrhage.
peptic
- of, relating to, or promoting digestion
- of, relating to, or caused by pepsin or the action of the digestive juices
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Word Origin for peptic
C17: from Greek peptikos capable of digesting, from pepsis digestion, from peptein to digest
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Word Origin and History for peptic
1650s, from Latin pepticus, from Greek peptikos "able to digest," from peptos "cooked, digested," verbal adjective of peptein "to cook" (see cook (n.)).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
peptic
(pĕp′tĭk)- Relating to or assisting digestion.
- Associated with the action of digestive secretions.
- Of or involving pepsin.
- Capable of digesting.
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- A digestive agent.
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peptic
[pĕp′tĭk]
- Relating to the process of digestion or the secretions associated with it.
- Relating to or involving pepsin.
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