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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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