Is there some magic in the place, Or do my peptics differ?
Tennyson.
Pep"tics (?), n. The science of digestion.
Pep"to*gen (?), n. [Peptone + -gen.] (Physiol.) A substance convertible
into peptone.
Pep`to*gen"ic (?), a. Same as Peptogenous.
Pep*tog"e*nous (?), a. (Physiol. Chem.) Capable of yielding, or being
converted into, peptone.
Pep`to*hy`dro*chlo"ric (?), a. [See Peptone, and Hydrochloric.]
(Physiol. Chem.) Designating a hypothetical acid (called
peptohydrochloric acid, pepsinhydrochloric acid, and chloropeptic acid)
which is supposed to be formed when pepsin and dilute (0.1-0.4 per
cent) hydrochloric acid are mixed together.
Pep"tone (?), n. [Gr. &?; cooked.] (Physiol. Chem.) (a) The soluble and
diffusible substance or substances into which albuminous portions of
the food are transformed by the action of the gastric and pancreatic
juices. Peptones are also formed from albuminous matter by the action
of boiling water and boiling dilute acids. (b) Collectively, in a
broader sense, all the products resulting from the solution of
albuminous matter in either gastric or pancreatic juice. In this case,
however, intermediate products (albumose bodies), such as antialbumose,
hemialbumose, etc., are mixed with the true peptones. Also termed
albuminose.
Pure peptones are of three kinds, amphopeptone, antipeptone, and
hemipeptone, and, unlike the albumose bodies, are not precipitated by
saturating their solutions with ammonium sulphate.
Pep"to*nize (?), v. t. (Physiol.) To convert into peptone; to digest or
dissolve by means of a proteolytic ferment; as, peptonized food.
Pep"to*noid (?), n. [Peptone + -oid.] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance
related to peptone.
||Pep`to*nu"ri*a (?), n. [NL. See Peptone, and Urine.] (Med.) The
||presence of peptone, or a peptonelike body, in the urine.
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.
Pe"quots (?), n. pl.; sing. Pequot (&?;). (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians
who formerly inhabited Eastern Connecticut. [Written also Pequods.]
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; perforce, through or by force;
perfoliate, perforate; perspicuous, evident throughout or very evident;
perplex, literally, to entangle very much.
2. (Chem.) Originally, denoting that the element to the name of which
it is prefixed in the respective compounds exercised its highest
valence; now, only that the element has a higher valence than in other
similar compounds; thus, barium peroxide is the highest oxide of
barium; while nitrogen and manganese peroxides, so-called, are not the
highest oxides of those elements.
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 to individuals; per curiam, by the
court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also sometimes used with
English words.
Per annum, by the year; in each successive year; annually. -- Per cent,
Per centum, by the hundred; in the hundred; -- used esp. of proportions
of ingredients, rate or amount of interest, and the like; commonly used
in the shortened form per cent. -- Per diem, by the day. [For other
phrases from the Latin, see Quotations, Phrases, etc., from Foreign
Languages, in the Supplement.]
Per*act" (?), v. t. [L. peractus, p. p. of peragere.] To go through
with; to perform. [Obs.] Sylvester.
Per`a*cute" (?), a. [L. peracutus. See Per-, and Acute.] Very sharp;
very violent; as, a peracute fever. [R.] Harvey.
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." Shak.
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city.
Gen. xviii. 24.
Per`ad*ven"ture, n. Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved
beyond peradventure. South.
Pe*rÊ"o*pod (?), n. [Gr. &?; on the opposite side + -pod.] (Zoˆl.) One
of the thoracic legs of a crustacean. See Illust. of Crustacea.
Per"a*grate (?), v. t. [L. peragratus, p. p. of peragrate.] To travel
over or through. [Obs.]
Per`agra"tion (?), n. [L. peragratio: cf. F. peragration.] The act or
state of passing through any space; as, the peragration of the moon in
her monthly revolution. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Per*am"bu*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perambulated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Perambulating.] [L. perambulatus, p. p. of perambulare to
perambulate; per through + ambulare to walk. See Per-, and Amble.] To
walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of
surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to
inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by
walking over the whole line.
Per*am"bu*late, v. i. To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he
perambulated in the park.
Per*am`bu*la"tion (?), n. 1. The act of perambulating; traversing.
Bacon.