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Meaning of 'peptic' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Peptic [ a.]
- Relating to digestion; promoting digestion; digestive; as, peptic sauces.
- Able to digest.
- 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.
2 . Peptic [ n.]
- An agent that promotes digestion.
- The digestive organs.

Meaning of 'peptic' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . peptic [ a]
Meaning (1):
- relating to or promoting digestion
Example in sentence:
  • peptic juices

Nearby Words:

pepastic peperine peperino peplis peplus pepo pepper pepper dulse pepperbrand peppercorn

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