Definition of Peptics

1. n. The science of digestion.

Definition of Peptics

1. Noun. The science of digestion. ¹

2. Noun. (plural of peptic) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Peptics

1. peptic [n] - See also: peptic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peptics

pepstatin
pepstatins
peptalk
peptalked
peptalking
peptalks
peptic
peptic-ulcer
peptic cell
peptic digestion
peptic gland
peptic ulcer
peptic ulcer perforation
peptic ulceration
peptichemio
peptics (current term)
peptid
peptidase
peptidase D
peptidase P
peptidases
peptide
peptide N-alpha acetyltransferase
peptide antibiotic lactonase
peptide bond
peptide bonds
peptide chain
peptide chain elongation
peptide chain initiation
peptide chain termination

Literary usage of Peptics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Church at Home and Abroad by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A, General Assembly (1894)
"Tbf Syrian dishes contain every irritant which dy«- peptics in the West (and peptics also) shun. The national dish, consisting of crushed wheat and meat, ..."

2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1886)
"... of their peptics as has been thought. Yet there was a later time when they were sadly reckless in such matters, and possibly the chronic dyspepsia from ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1869)
"peptics) considered apart from Tonics, would make it more simple. Practical medicine is not even indirectly aided by the aggregation of names. ..."

4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"Sure your sense is dead or slumbers : peptics are not what they seem. Life is serious ! Life is solemn ! And good grub is not its goal : Jl/i'nu-making by ..."

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