adjective. undefined

adjective. Of, relating to, or assisting digestion.

adjective. Induced by or associated with the action of digestive secretions.

adjective. Of, relating to, or involving pepsin.

adjective. Capable of digesting.

noun. A digestive agent.

Concerned in or pertaining to the function of digestion; specifically, pertaining to the proteolytic digestion of the stomach: as, peptic processes.

Promoting digestion; dietetic: as, peptic substances or rules.

Able to digest; having a good digestion; not dyspeptic.

noun. A peptic substance; a digestive.

noun. plural The organs of digestion.

noun. An agent that promotes digestion.

noun. The digestive organs.

adjective. Relating to digestion; promoting digestion; digestive.

adjective. Able to digest.

adjective. Pertaining to pepsin; resembling pepsin in its power of digesting or dissolving albuminous matter; containing or yielding pepsin, or a body of like properties.

adjective. an erosion of the mucous membrane forming the lining of the stomach, duodenum, or lower esophagus, originally believed to be due mostly to the action of gastric juice. Recently, the bacterium Helicobacter pylori has been implicated as a causal agent in many peptic ulcers. In other cases, the use of non-steroidal antiinflammatory agents (NSAIDs) such as aspirin are believed to be to blame. Such ulcers may be treated with antibiotics or antisecretory agents that reduce stomach acidity, or both. Formerly believed to be a chronic illness that could only be managed, it is now viewed as a curable disease.

adjective. Of, pertaining to, capable of, or aiding digestion

adjective. Of or pertaining to pepsin

noun. An agent that promotes digestion.

noun. The digestive organs.

adjective. relating to or promoting digestion

"Each cell is a little laboratory, which concocts out of the material brought to it or near it by the blood a certain potent, biting fluid, and is hence called a peptic or digestive cell."

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