peptic adjective & noun. ['pɛptɪk] M17.
[Greek peptikos capable of digesting, from peptos cooked, digested: see -IC. Cf. DYSPEPTIC.]
A. adjective.
1. Orig., having the quality of digesting. Now, belonging or pertaining to digestion, spec. that in which pepsin is concerned. M17.
peptic digestion gastric digestion. peptic gland: that secretes the pepsin-containing gastric juice. peptic ulcer an ulcer in the gastric mucosa due to its partial digestion by pepsin and acid.

2. Having the quality of promoting or assisting digestion; = DIGESTIVE adjective 2. M17-E19.

3. Capable of digesting; having good digestion; = EUPEPTIC 2. Only in E19.
b. noun.
1. = DIGESTIVE noun 1. Only in M19.

2. In pl. The digestive organs. joc. Now rare or obsolete. M19.

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