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noun
Peptic  n.  
1.
An agent that promotes digestion.
2.
pl. The digestive organs. "Is there some magic in the place, Or do my peptics differ?"





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"Peptic" Quotes from Famous Books



... nitrogenous substances (caseone of Duclaux, or caseogluten of Weigmann). This chemical phenomenon is a breaking-down process that is analogous to the peptonization of proteids, although in addition to the peptones and albumoses characteristic of peptic digestion, amido-acids and ammonia are to be found. The quantity of these lower products increases with the ...
— Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition - A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying • H. L. Russell


Words linked to "Peptic" :   digestion, pepsin, peptic ulcer, peptic ulceration


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