Synonyms for peptic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : pep-tik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛp tɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for peptic
Définition of peptic
Origin :- 1650s, from Latin pepticus, from Greek peptikos "able to digest," from peptos "cooked, digested," verbal adjective of peptein "to cook" (see cook (n.)).
- As in medical : adj healing
- As in alimentary : adj digestive
- Into this duct the ranks of cells around it pour out the peptic juice.
- Extract from : « A Handbook of Health » by Woods Hutchinson
- All sin was peptic in origin: Eve ate an apple which disagreed with her.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 » by Various
- With him, the peptic bond was the only real one; all others were shams.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 » by Various
- We recommend our friends, before encountering such a temptation, to read our peptic precepts.
- Extract from : « The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual » by William Kitchiner
- The most characteristic symptom of the peptic ulcer is, as has been stated, hemorrhage.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
- It also furnishes the acid medium necessary for the best action of both the coagulating and peptic enzymes.
- Extract from : « The Book of Cheese » by Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
- It was then and there that I first saw the subject of this sketch,—the Peptic Martyr.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 » by Various
- Such secondary forms may be bronchitic, cardiac, renal, peptic or thymic.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 » by Various
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