#Apep
- Apeptic — Suffering from apepsia or relating to the total absence of pepsin secretion and proper gastric digestion; characterized by the lack of proteolytic enzymes in the gastric juice. This term describes a severe dysfunctional state of the stomach mucosa, being closely linked to profound atrophic gastritis.
- Apepsia — A severe form of digestive dysfunction characterized by the total absence or complete cessation of pepsin and hydrochloric acid secretion in the gastric juice, leading to the stomach's inability to perform the chemical breakdown of proteins. This pathological phenomenon is frequently associated with advanced stages of atrophic gastritis and pernicious anemia.
- Apeptic — Relating to apepsia or characterized by the absence of pepsin and normal gastric fermentation; regarded as a semantic and etymological variant for 'apepsic'. It describes a faulty functional state in which the gastric juice loses its acidic and proteolytic properties necessary for the first stage of digestion.
- Apophis — A demonic deity in ancient Egyptian mythology, depicted as a gigantic serpent embodying primordial chaos, darkness, and destruction, acting as the supreme enemy of the sun god Ra. In modern astronomy, the name designates the near-Earth asteroid 99942 Apophis, which captured the attention of the international scientific community due to its trajectory periodically intersecting Earth's orbit.