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peptonic

peptonic adjective: relating to peptone.

Adjective

peptonic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to peptone.

Origin of peptonic

From peptone + -ic.

Questions about peptonic

What does peptonic mean?
Peptonic means relating to peptone.
What part of speech is peptonic?
Peptonic is an adjective.

Words near peptonic in the dictionary

  1. peptomers
  2. peptonate
  3. peptonates
  4. peptone
  5. peptones
  6. peptonic
  7. peptonisation
  8. peptonise
  9. peptonised
  10. peptonises
  11. peptonising

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