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Definition of Peptics

Peptics
Peptics Pep"tics, n. The science of digestion.
Peptic
Peptic Pep"tic, n. 1. An agent that promotes digestion. 2. pl. The digestive organs. Is there some magic in the place, Or do my peptics differ? --Tennyson.
Peptic
Peptic Pep"tic, a. [L. pepticus, Gr. ?. See Pepsin.] 1. Relating to digestion; promoting digestion; digestive; as, peptic sauces. 2. Able to digest. [R.] Tolerably nutritive for a mind as yet so peptic. --Carlyle. 3. (Physiol. Chem.) 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.

Meaning of Peptics from wikipedia

- Peptic ulcer disease is a break in the inner lining of the stomach, the first part of the small intestine, or sometimes the lower esophagus. An ulcer in...
- Acid peptic diseases, such as peptic ulcers, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, and gastroesophageal reflux disease, are caused by distinct but overlapping pathogenic...
- cause perforation of the intestine wall. The first symptom of a perforated peptic ulcer is usually sudden, severe, sharp pain in the abdomen. The pain is...
- A benign esophageal stricture, or peptic stricture, is a narrowing or tightening of the esophagus that causes swallowing difficulties. Symptoms of esophageal...
- Aphthous ulcer, a specific type of oral ulcer also known as a canker sore Peptic ulcer, a discontinuity of the gastrointestinal mucosa (stomach ulcer) Venous...
- This is a timeline of the events relating to the discovery that peptic ulcer disease and some cancers are caused by H. pylori. In 2005, Barry Marshall...
- esophagus (Boerhaave syndrome), of the stomach (peptic ulcer, gastric carcinoma), of the duodenum (peptic ulcer), of the remaining intestine (e.g., appendicitis...
- medication used in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), peptic ulcer disease, and Zollinger–Ellison syndrome. It is also used to prevent...
- in which tumors cause the stomach to produce too much acid, resulting in peptic ulcers. Symptoms include abdominal pain and diarrhea. The syndrome is caused...
- symptoms include inflammation of the pancreas, gallbladder problems, and peptic ulcer disease. Prevention is by avoiding things that cause the disease.[examples...