PEPTIC

peptic

(adjective) relating to or promoting digestion; “peptic juices”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

peptic (comparative more peptic, superlative most peptic)

Of, pertaining to, capable of, or aiding digestion.

Of or pertaining to pepsin.

Noun

peptic (plural peptics)

An agent that promotes digestion.

(in the plural) The digestive organs.

Is there some magic in the place, / Or do my peptics differ?

Source: Wiktionary

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Pep"tic, a. Etym: [L. pepticus, Gr. 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.)

Definition: 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.

Definition: The digestive organs. Is there some magic in the place, Or do my peptics differ Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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