Webster's Dictionary 1913

2485

Pepperwort

Pep″per‐wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) See Peppergrass.

2486

Peppery

Pep″per‐y (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to pepper; having the qualities of pepper; hot; pungent.2. Fig.: Hot-tempered; passionate; choleric.

2487

Pepsin

Pep″sin (pĕp″sĭn), n. [Gr. πέψισ a cooking, digesting, digestion, fr. πέπτειν, πέσσειν, to cook, digest: cf. F. pepsine. Cf. Dyspepsia.] (Physiol. Chem.) An unorganized proteoly...

2488

Pepsinhydrochloric

Pep′sin‐hy′dro‐chlo″ric (?), a.(Physiol. Chem.) Same as Peptohydrochloric.

2489

Pepsinogen

Pep‐sin″o‐gen (?), n. [Pepsin + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.) The antecedent of the ferment pepsin. A substance contained in the form of granules in the peptic cells of the gastric gl...

2490

Peptic

Pep″tic (pĕp″tĭk), a. [L. pepticus, Gr. πεπτικόσ. See Pepsin.] 1. Relating to digestion; promoting digestion; digestive; as, peptic sauces.2. Able to digest.Tolerably nutritive ...

2491

Peptic (2)

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.

2492

Peptics

Pep″tics (?), n. The science of digestion.

2493

Peptogen

Pep″to‐gen (?), n. [Peptone + -gen.] (Physiol.) A substance convertible into peptone.

2494

Peptogenic

Pep′to‐gen″ic (?), a. Same as Peptogenous.

2495

Peptogenous

Pep‐tog″e‐nous (?), a.(Physiol. Chem.) Capable of yielding, or being converted into, peptone.

2496

Peptohydrochloric

Pep′to‐hy′dro‐chlo″ric (?), a. [See Peptone, and Hydrochloric.] (Physiol. Chem.) Designating a hypothetical acid (called peptohydrochloric acid, pepsinhydrochloric acid, and chl...

2497

Peptone

Pep″tone (?), n. [Gr. πεπτόσ cooked.] (Physiol. Chem.) (a) The soluble and diffusible substance or substances into which albuminous portions of the food are transformed by the a...

2498

Peptonize

Pep″to‐nize (?), v. t.(Physiol.) To convert into peptone; to digest or dissolve by means of a proteolytic ferment; as, peptonized food.

2499

Peptonoid

Pep″to‐noid (?), n. [Peptone + -oid.] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance related to peptone.

2500

Peptonuria

‖Pep′to‐nu″ri‐a (?), n. [NL. See Peptone, and Urine.] (Med.) The presence of peptone, or a peptonelike body, in the urine.

2501

Peptotoxine

Pep′to‐tox″ine (?), n. [Peptone + toxic + -ine.] (Physiol. Chem.) A toxic alkaloid found occasionally associated with the peptones formed from fibrin by pepsinhydrochloric acid.

2502

Pequots

Pe″quots (?), n. pl.; sing. Pequot (�). (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited Eastern Connecticut. [Written also Pequods.]

2503

Per

Per (?), prep. [L. Cf. Far, For-, Pardon, and cf. Par, prep.] Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according t...

2504

Per diem

‖Per di″em (?). By the day; substantively (chiefly U. S.), an allowance or amount of so much by the day.

2505

Per-

Per– (?). [See Per.] 1. A prefix used to signify through, throughout, by, for, or as an intensive as perhaps, by hap or chance; perennial, that lasts throughout the year; perfor...

2506

Peract

Per‐act″ (?), v. t. [L. peractus, p. p. of peragere.] To go through with; to perform. Sylvester.

2507

Peracute

Per′a‐cute″ (?), a. [L. peracutus. See Per-, and Acute.] Very sharp; very violent; as, a peracute fever. Harvey.

2508

Peradventure

Per′ad‐ven″ture (?), adv. & conj. [OE. per aventure, F. par aventure. See Per, and Adventure.] By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing. “If peradventure he speak against me...

2509

Peradventure (2)

Per′ad‐ven″ture, n. Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond peradventure. South.

2510

Peræopod

Pe‐ræ″o‐pod (?), n. [Gr. περαι̑οσ on the opposite side + -pod.] (Zoöl.) One of the thoracic legs of a crustacean. See Illust. of Crustacea.

2511

Peragrate

Per″a‐grate (?), v. t. [L. peragratus, p. p. of peragrate.] To travel over or through.