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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne