Peptic

/ˈpɛptɪk/

Synonyms for "peptic" (4 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (1)

Adjective(1 words)

Related words (2)

Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
gastric secretion

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

2 entries
biological processphysiological process

More specific

2 entries
gastric digestionpeptic digestion

Collocations

6 entries
peptic activitypeptic digestionpeptic enzymespeptic gastritispeptic ulcerpeptic ulcer disease

Inflections

2 entries
more pepticmost peptic

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The two men do not work together any more, but back in 1982 they made what the Nobel Committee called "the remarkable and unexpected discovery" that gastritis and peptic ulcer disease are the result of an infection caused by a then-unknown bacterium.

Source: tatoeba (11054496)

But though the port surpasses praise, / My nerves have dealt with stiffer. / Is there some magic in the place? / Or do my peptics differ?

Source: wiktionary

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