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peptic

[pep-tik]
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adjective
  1. pertaining to or associated with digestion; digestive.
  2. promoting digestion.
  3. of or relating to pepsin.
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noun
  1. 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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peptic

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or promoting digestion
  2. of, relating to, or caused by pepsin or the action of the digestive juices
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Word Origin

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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peptic

(pĕp′tĭk)
adj.
  1. Relating to or assisting digestion.
  2. Associated with the action of digestive secretions.
  3. Of or involving pepsin.
  4. Capable of digesting.
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n.
  1. A digestive agent.
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peptic

[pĕp′tĭk]
  1. Relating to the process of digestion or the secretions associated with it.
  2. Relating to or involving pepsin.
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