peptic
adjective
pep·tic ˈpep-tik 
1
: relating to or promoting digestion : digestive
2
: of, relating to, producing, or caused by pepsin
peptic digestion
3
: connected with or resulting from the action of digestive juices
a peptic ulcer
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Bleeding problems in people without high-risk conditions like peptic ulcer disease, NSAID use or corticosteroid use are rare, the task force notes, but the risk goes up with age. 
Jen Christensen, CNN, 26 Apr. 2022 Additionally, your excessive gas coupled with other ailments like abdominal pain could be a symptom of gastritis or peptic ulcer disease, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 10 Mar. 2022 Or, low levels may occur when the body requires more iron than usual (such as during pregnancy or breastfeeding), or is losing more blood than usual (often due to a health issue like heavy periods, peptic ulcer disease, or colon cancer). Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 14 June 2021 Cloves can help prevent stomach ulcers called peptic ulcers, which are painful sores that occur when your stomach doesn’t make enough gastric mucus to line the stomach and protect it from digestive acid. Laura Wheatman Hill, chicagotribune.com, 6 Mar. 2021 Chinese traditional medicine has used licorice to treat conditions from tuberculosis to peptic ulcers. Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2020 Malaysian tualang honey have been shown to fight staph and the digestive bacteria responsible for peptic ulcers, H. pylori. Rob Picheta, CNN, 19 Aug. 2020 Two days after arriving home, he was admitted to Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center, where he was treated for a bleeding peptic ulcer related to his stressful ordeal. Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2019 In the course of looking at these symptoms, experts have diagnosed everything from anxiety to agoraphobia, appendicitis, hepatitis, irritable bowel syndrome, lactose intolerance, malaria, OCD, and peptic ulcer. National Geographic, 9 Apr. 2016 See More
Jen Christensen, CNN, 26 Apr. 2022 Additionally, your excessive gas coupled with other ailments like abdominal pain could be a symptom of gastritis or peptic ulcer disease, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 10 Mar. 2022 Or, low levels may occur when the body requires more iron than usual (such as during pregnancy or breastfeeding), or is losing more blood than usual (often due to a health issue like heavy periods, peptic ulcer disease, or colon cancer). Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 14 June 2021 Cloves can help prevent stomach ulcers called peptic ulcers, which are painful sores that occur when your stomach doesn’t make enough gastric mucus to line the stomach and protect it from digestive acid. Laura Wheatman Hill, chicagotribune.com, 6 Mar. 2021 Chinese traditional medicine has used licorice to treat conditions from tuberculosis to peptic ulcers. Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2020 Malaysian tualang honey have been shown to fight staph and the digestive bacteria responsible for peptic ulcers, H. pylori. Rob Picheta, CNN, 19 Aug. 2020 Two days after arriving home, he was admitted to Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center, where he was treated for a bleeding peptic ulcer related to his stressful ordeal. Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2019 In the course of looking at these symptoms, experts have diagnosed everything from anxiety to agoraphobia, appendicitis, hepatitis, irritable bowel syndrome, lactose intolerance, malaria, OCD, and peptic ulcer. National Geographic, 9 Apr. 2016 See More Word History
Etymology
Latin pepticus, from Greek peptikos, from peptos cooked, from peptein, pessein to cook, digest — more at cook
First Known Use
1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing peptic
Medical Definition
peptic
adjective
pep·tic ˈpep-tik
1
: relating to or promoting digestion : digestive
2
: of, relating to, producing, or caused by pepsin
peptic digestion