Found 2 items, similar to Peptic.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: peptic
peptic
adj : relating to or promoting digestion;
“peptic juices”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Peptic
Peptic
\Pep"tic\, a. [L. pepticus, Gr. ?. See
Pepsin.]
1. Relating to digestion; promoting digestion; digestive; as,
peptic sauces.
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2. Able to digest. [R.]
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Tolerably nutritive for a mind as yet so peptic.
--Carlyle.
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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.
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Peptic
\Pep"tic\, n.
1. An agent that promotes digestion.
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2. pl. The digestive organs.
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Is there some magic in the place,
Or do my peptics differ? --Tennyson.
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