PEPTICS

Noun

peptics

plural of peptic

Noun

peptics (uncountable)

The science of digestion.

Anagrams

• steppic

Source: Wiktionary


Pep"tics, n.

Definition: The science of digestion.

PEPTIC

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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