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View synonyms for peptic
peptic
[ pep-tik ]
adjective
- pertaining to or associated with digestion; digestive.
- promoting digestion.
- of or relating to pepsin.
noun
- a substance promoting digestion.
peptic
/ ˈpɛptɪk /
adjective
- of, relating to, or promoting digestion
- of, relating to, or caused by pepsin or the action of the digestive juices
peptic
/ pĕp′tĭk /
- Relating to the process of digestion or the secretions associated with it.
- Relating to or involving pepsin.
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of peptic1
C17: from Greek peptikos capable of digesting, from pepsis digestion, from peptein to digest
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Example Sentences
It also furnishes the acid medium necessary for the best action of both the coagulating and peptic enzymes.
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A sound peptic stomach does not yield so tamely to the precepts of the head or heart.
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It was then and there that I first saw the subject of this sketch,—the Peptic Martyr.
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Such secondary forms may be bronchitic, cardiac, renal, peptic or thymic.
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We recommend our friends, before encountering such a temptation, to read our peptic precepts.
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