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单词 pepastic
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pepasticn.adj.

Forms: 1700s pepastick (in sense A.), 1800s pepastic.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pepasticus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin pepasticus having the quality of bringing a disease to full maturation (1608 in the passage translated in quot. 1657 at pepastical adj.), either < ancient Greek πεπαντικός having the quality of ripening or softening (Hippocrates; < πεπαν- , aorist stem of πεπαίνειν to bring to maturity, to soften ( < πέπων ripened, ripe: see pepon n.) + -τικός , suffix forming adjectives from verbs; compare -ic suffix), or < ancient Greek πεπασμός concoction (Hippocrates; < πεπα- , stem of πεπαίνειν (see above) + -σμός , extended form of -μος , suffix forming nouns) + classical Latin -ticus ( < ancient Greek -τικός : see above). Compare ancient Greek πέπανσις maturation of tumours, concoction. Compare French pépastique , noun and adjective (1743–52 in Trévoux). Compare earlier pepastical adj.
Medicine. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
A. n.
Originally: a medicine that assists digestion. Later: a medicine that brings a disease to full maturation.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for indigestion
stomachical1657
antacid1699
peptic1703
pepastic1706
gripe water1728
stomachic1733
concoctor1764
griper1766
stomatic1842
gripe mixture1891
peptonizer1893
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Pepasticks, Medicines that digest and allay Rawness in the Stomach, etc.
1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Pepastic, a medicine, supposed to have the power of favouring the concoction of diseases. Maturative.
B. adj.
Having the quality of ripening or digesting; having the quality of bringing a disease to full maturation.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [adjective] > promoting suppuration
ripinga1398
maturativea1400
ruptorya1400
suppurative?a1425
ruptic?1541
suppurating1601
maturating1628
diapyetical1657
suppurant1715
pepastic1833
maturant1857
1833 R. Dunglison New Dict. Med. Sci. II. 143/1 Pepastic,..maturative.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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n.adj.1706
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