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pep⋅tic

  [pep-tik]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to or associated with digestion; digestive.
2. promoting digestion.
3. of or pertaining to pepsin.
–noun
4. a substance promoting digestion.
Origin:
1645–55; < Gk peptikós conducive to digestion, equiv. to pept(ós) digested (verbid of péptein) + -ikos -ic
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pep·tic   (pěp'tĭk)   
adj.  

    1. Of, relating to, or assisting digestion: peptic secretion.

    2. Induced by or associated with the action of digestive secretions: a peptic ulcer.

  2. Of, relating to, or involving pepsin.

  3. Capable of digesting.

n.  A digestive agent.

[Latin pepticus, from Greek peptikos, digested, from peptos, from peptein, to digest; see pekw- in Indo-European roots.]
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Main Entry: pep·tic
Pronunciation: 'pep-tik
Function: adjective
1 : relating to or promoting digestion : DIGESTIVE
2 : of, relating to, producing, or caused by pepsin <peptic digestion>
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peptic pep·tic (pěp'tĭk)
adj.

  1. Relating to or assisting digestion.

  2. Associated with the action of digestive secretions.

  3. Of or involving pepsin.

  4. Capable of digesting.

n.
A digestive agent.

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peptic   (pěp'tĭk)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. Relating to the process of digestion or the secretions associated with it.

  2. Relating to or involving pepsin.


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