peptic

[ pep-tik ]

/ ˈpɛp tɪk /

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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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Nearby words

pepsin, pepsin a, pepsinate, pepsinogen, peptalk, peptic, peptic cell, peptic digestion, peptic esophagitis, peptic ulcer, peptidase

Origin of peptic

1645–55; < Greek peptikós conducive to digestion, equivalent to pept(ós) digested (verbid of péptein) + -ikos -ic

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Examples from the Web for 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

/ (ˈpɛptɪk) /

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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Medicine definitions for peptic

peptic

[ pĕp′tĭk ]

adj.

Relating to or assisting digestion.

Associated with the action of digestive secretions.

Of or involving pepsin.

Capable of digesting.

n.

A digestive agent.

Science definitions for peptic

peptic

[ pĕp′tĭk ]

Relating to the process of digestion or the secretions associated with it.

Relating to or involving pepsin.