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.

Origin of peptic

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

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How to use peptic in a sentence

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
A sound peptic stomach does not yield so tamely to the precepts of the head or heart.
Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) | Thomas Carlyle
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
Such secondary forms may be bronchitic, cardiac, renal, peptic or thymic.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 | Various
We recommend our friends, before encountering such a temptation, to read our peptic precepts.
The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual | William Kitchiner

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

Origin of peptic

C17: from Greek peptikos capable of digesting, from pepsis digestion, from peptein to digest

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Scientific definitions for peptic

peptic

[ pĕp′tĭk ]

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

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