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Peptic

Peptic Meaning & Definition
Peptic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Peptic?

[adj] relating to or promoting digestion; "peptic juices"

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\Pep"tic\, a. [L. pepticus, Gr. ?. See {Pepsin}.] 1. Relating to digestion; promoting digestion; digestive; as, peptic sauces. 2. Able to digest. [R.] Tolerably nutritive for a mind as yet so peptic. --Carlyle. 3. (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to pepsin; resembling pepsin in its power of digesting or dissolving albuminous matter; containing or yielding pepsin, or a body of like properties; as, the peptic glands.
\Pep"tic\, n. 1. An agent that promotes digestion. 2. pl. The digestive organs. Is there some magic in the place, Or do my peptics differ? --Tennyson.

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