peptic

[pep-tik]

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adjective

pertaining to or associated with digestion; digestive.

promoting digestion.

of or relating to pepsin.

noun

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 Health
Woods Hutchinson
All sin was peptic in origin: Eve ate an apple which disagreed with her.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864
Various
It also furnishes the acid medium necessary for the best action of both the coagulating and peptic enzymes.
The Book of Cheese
Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
With him, the peptic bond was the only real one; all others were shams.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864
Various
It was then and there that I first saw the subject of this sketch,—the Peptic Martyr.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864
Various

British Dictionary definitions for peptic

peptic

adjective

of, relating to, or promoting digestion

of, relating to, or caused by pepsin or the action of the digestive juices

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

adj.

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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