peptic

Speech parts

1. peptic - Noun

2. peptic - Adjective

Meaning

Relating to digestion; promoting digestion; digestive; as, peptic sauces.

Able to digest.

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

The digestive organs.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dietetic alimentary medical therapeutic digestive pharmaceutical nutritional digestion tonic pathological gastrointestinal preventive nutritious excretory prophylactic
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Antonyms

harmful damaging detrimental poisonous deleterious noxious
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Phrases with the word

peptic ulcer disease active peptic anti peptic ulcer peptic ulcers

Examples

peptic juices Source: Internet

Antacids administered in a peptic ulcer regimen may decrease the AUC of a single dose of phenytoin. Source: Internet

A rare condition called Zollinger-Ellison syndrome causes peptic ulcers as well as tumors in the pancreas and duodenum. Source: Internet

Contraindications Niacin is contraindicated with active liver disease, persistent elevated serum transaminases, active peptic ulcer disease, or arterial bleeding. Source: Internet

In 1915, Bertram Sippy introduced the "Sippy regimen" of hourly ingestion of milk and cream, and the gradual addition of eggs and cooked cereal, for 10 days, combined with alkaline powders, which provided symptomatic relief for peptic ulcer disease. Source: Internet

Belching may signal a more serious upper GI disorder such as peptic ulcer diseasegastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), or gastroparesis. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

peptaibol peptase peptibody peptic ulcer peptic ulcer disease peptic ulceration