PEPTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peptic mean? 

• PEPTIC (adjective)
  The adjective PEPTIC has 1 sense:

1. relating to or promoting digestion

  Familiarity information: PEPTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEPTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or promoting digestion

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

peptic juices

Pertainym:

digestion (the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body)

Derivation:

pepsin (an enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones)

 Context examples 

Peptic ulcers may be linked to cancer and other diseases.

(Peptic Ulcer, NCI Dictionary)

Some species are associated with gastric and peptic ulcers and gastric cancer.

(Helicobacter, NCI Thesaurus)

Inflammation is associated with a whole host of conditions such as asthma, diabetes, peptic ulcers, rheumatoid arthritis, and many others.

(Humans More Unique than Expected When It Comes to Digesting Fatty Meals, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Peptic ulcers happen when the acids that help you digest food damage the walls of the stomach or duodenum.

(Peptic Ulcer, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

A question about whether an individual has or had gastric or peptic ulcers.

(Has Gastric or Peptic Ulcer, NCI Thesaurus)

A peptic ulcer situated in the duodenum.

(Duodenal Ulcer, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

If you have symptoms of a peptic ulcer, your doctor will test your blood, breath or stool to see if it contains H. pylori.

(Helicobacter Pylori Infections, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

It is associated with the development of peptic ulcer and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma.

(Helicobacter Pylori Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

The digestive (peptic) glands may also shrink, resulting in a lack of digestive juices.

(Chronic Atrophic Gastritis, NCI Dictionary)

H. mustelae is part of the normal flora of the ferret gastrointestinal tract and causes peptic ulcer disease and chronic atrophic gastritis.

(Helicobacter mustelae, NCI Thesaurus)