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peptic

UK/ˈpɛptɪk/

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Australia/ˈpeptɪk/

peptic adjective: of, pertaining to, capable of, or aiding digestion.

Adjective

peptic (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, capable of, or aiding digestion.
  2. Of or pertaining to pepsin.

Noun

peptic (plural peptics)

  1. An agent that promotes digestion.
  2. (in plural) The digestive organs.
    • But though the port surpasses praise, / My nerves have dealt with stiffer. / Is there some magic in the place? / Or do my peptics differ?1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Will Waterproof’s Lyrical Monologue”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 186

peptic meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

peptic in Tamil

இரைப்பைச் சுரப்பின் செயல்

peptic in Bengali

হজমের সাথে সম্পর্কিত, হজমে সক্ষম, হজমে সহায়ক, পেপসিন সংক্রান্ত, পরিপাক সংক্রান্ত অঙ্গসমূহ

peptic in Kannada

ಜೀರ್ಣಕ, ಜೀರ್ಣಕ್ರಿಯೆಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ, ಕರಗುವಿಕೆಯ, ಪಾಚಕ, ಜೀರ್ಣಕಾರಿ

Forms of peptic

pluralpeptics

Origin of peptic

From Latin pepticus, from Ancient Greek πέψις (pépsis, “digestion”), a form of πέσσω (péssō).

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Phrases with peptic

Words that rhyme with peptic

Questions about peptic

What does peptic mean?
Peptic means of, pertaining to, capable of, or aiding digestion.
What is peptic in Tamil?
Peptic in Tamil is இரைப்பைச் சுரப்பின் செயல். See Peptic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is peptic?
Peptic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce peptic?
Peptic is pronounced /ˈpɛptɪk/ (UK).

Words near peptic in the dictionary

  1. peptaibols
  2. peptase
  3. peptases
  4. peptibodies
  5. peptibody
  6. peptic
  7. peptic ulcer
  8. peptic ulcers
  9. peptical
  10. pepticity
  11. peptics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: peptic (page history and authors); peptic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); peptic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); peptic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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