The word Hepptine is spelled as /hɛp.taɪn/. The first syllable of this word is pronounced as /hɛp/, which rhymes with ‘pep’ and ‘step’. The second syllable, ‘ti’, is pronounced as /taɪ/, which rhymes with ‘tie’ and ‘eye’. The final syllable ‘ne’ is pronounced as /n/, which rhymes with ‘bean’ and ‘scene’. Hepptine is not a commonly used word and it does not have a clear definition or use in everyday language.
Trade name of gastric juice obtained from the living hog; recommended in dyspepsia.
A practical medical dictionary. By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop. Published 1920.