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Definition of: peptic
(pep′tik) adjective
1. Of, pertaining to, or promotive of digestion.
2. Of, pertaining to, or producing pepsin.
3. Able to digest: opposed to dyspeptic.
—noun An agent that promotes digestion. [<Gk. peptikos able to digest <peptein digest]
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