peptic
pertaining to or associated with digestion; digestive.
promoting digestion.
of or relating to pepsin.
a substance promoting digestion.
Origin of peptic
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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 FiskA 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 CarlyleIt was then and there that I first saw the subject of this sketch,—the peptic Martyr.
Such secondary forms may be bronchitic, cardiac, renal, peptic or thymic.
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
/ (ˈpɛptɪk) /
of, relating to, or promoting digestion
of, relating to, or caused by pepsin or the action of the digestive juices
Origin of peptic
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for peptic
[ pĕp′tĭk ]
Relating to the process of digestion or the secretions associated with it.
Relating to or involving pepsin.
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