Peptic
Pronunciation : Pep"tic
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. pepticus, Gr. Pepsin.]
Definition : 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.)
Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Pep"tic
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. An agent that promotes digestion.
2. pl.
Defn: The digestive organs. Is there some magic in the place, Or do my peptics differ Tennyson.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913