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Synonyms for peptic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pep-tik
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛp tɪk

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Définition of peptic

Origin :
  • 1650s, from Latin pepticus, from Greek peptikos "able to digest," from peptos "cooked, digested," verbal adjective of peptein "to cook" (see cook (n.)).
  • As in medical : adj healing
  • As in alimentary : adj digestive
Example sentences :
  • Into this duct the ranks of cells around it pour out the peptic juice.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of Health » by Woods Hutchinson
  • All sin was peptic in origin: Eve ate an apple which disagreed with her.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 » by Various
  • With him, the peptic bond was the only real one; all others were shams.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 » by Various
  • We recommend our friends, before encountering such a temptation, to read our peptic precepts.
  • Extract from : « The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual » by William Kitchiner
  • The most characteristic symptom of the peptic ulcer is, as has been stated, hemorrhage.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • It also furnishes the acid medium necessary for the best action of both the coagulating and peptic enzymes.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Cheese » by Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
  • It was then and there that I first saw the subject of this sketch,—the Peptic Martyr.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 » by Various
  • Such secondary forms may be bronchitic, cardiac, renal, peptic or thymic.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 » by Various
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