Associations to the word «Peptic»

Wiktionary

PEPTIC, adjective. Of, pertaining to, capable of, or aiding digestion
PEPTIC, adjective. Of or pertaining to pepsin
PEPTIC, noun. An agent that promotes digestion.
PEPTIC, noun. (in the plural) The digestive organs.
PEPTIC ULCER, noun. (pathology) An ulcer of an area of the gastrointestinal tract.
PEPTIC ULCERS, noun. Plural of peptic ulcer

Dictionary definition

PEPTIC, adjective. Relating to or promoting digestion; "peptic juices".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope