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Webster 1913 Edition

Pepastic

Pe-pas′tic

,
Adj.
&
Noun.
[Gr.
πεπαίνειν
to ripen, suppurate: cf. F.
pépastique
.]
(Med.)
Same as
Maturative
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pepastic

PEPAS'TIC

,
Noun.
[Gr. to concoct or mature.] A medicine that serves to help digestion; applied particularly to such medicines as tend to promote the digestion of wounds.

Definition 2024

pepastic

pepastic

English

Noun

pepastic ‎(plural pepastics)

  1. (medicine, archaic) A suppurative.

Etymology

Ancient Greek πεπαίνω ‎(pepaínō, “to ripen, suppurate”).

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