[pep.tic] adj [L pepticus, fr. Gk peptikos, fr. peptos cooked, fr. peptein, pessein to cook, digest--more at cook] (1651) 1: relating to or promoting digestion: digestive
2: of, relating to, producing, or caused by pepsin "~ digestion"
3: connected with or resulting from the action of digestive juices "a ~ ulcer"