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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
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 ..."