dyspepsia
/dɪsˈpɛp.si.ə/ noun
Forms dyspepsias
- noun (pathology) Any mild disorder of digestion characterised by stomach pain, discomfort, heartburn, and nausea, often following a meal. “He divides dyspepsias into accidental, temporary (indigestions) and habitual.”
- noun (figuratively, comparable) Irritation or disgruntlement.
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Etymology
From dys- + Ancient Greek πέψις (pépsis, “digestion”) + -ia.
Webster’s 1913
- A kind of indigestion; a state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases, or, if others are present, they are of minor importance. Its symptoms are loss of appetite, nausea, heartburn, acrid or fetid eructations, a sense of weight or fullness in the stomach, etc. Dunglison.
Etymology [L. dyspepsia, Gr. cook: cf. F. dyspepsie. See Dys-, and 3d Cook.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “dyspepsia”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details