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.
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.