English Explanatory Dictionary

peptic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, capable of, or aiding digestion.
  2. Of or pertaining to pepsin.
noun
  1. An agent that promotes digestion.
  2. The digestive organs.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɛptɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-peptic.wav /ˈpeptɪk/ /ˈpeptək/

Word forms

peptic peptics

Etymology

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

Derived words

acidopeptic bradypeptic eupeptic hypopeptic mucopeptic nonpeptic peptic ulcer
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on P Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary