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dys·pep·sia

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–noun

deranged or impaired digestion; indigestion (opposed to eupepsia).

Also, dys·pep·sy

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[Origin: 1650–60; < L < Gk dyspepsía, equiv. to dys- dys- + péps(is) digestion + -ia -ia

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dys·pep·sia Audio Help (dĭs-pěp'shə, -sē-ə) Pronunciation Key
n. Disturbed digestion; indigestion.

[Latin, from Greek duspepsiā : dus-, dys- + -pepsiā, digestion; see pek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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dyspepsia
noun
a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea [syn: indigestion]

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dyspepsia [disˈpepsiə] noun

indigestion; difficulty in digesting food

Arabic:	تُخْمَه، عُسْر هَضْم
Chinese (Simplified):	消化不良
Chinese (Traditional):	消化不良
Czech:	dyspepsie
Danish:	fordøjelsesbesvær
Estonian:	düspepsia, seedehäire
Greek:	δυσπεψία
Hungarian:	emésztési zavar
Indonesian:	gangguan pencernaan
Italian:	dispepsia

Latvian:	dispepsija, gremošanas traucējumi
Lithuanian:	nevirškinimas, virškinimo sutrikimas
Norwegian:	dårlig fordøyelse, halsbrann
Polish:	niestrawność
Russian:	диспепсия
Slovak:	porucha trávenia, dyspepsia
Slovenian:	prebavne motnje
Spanish:	dispepsia
Swedish:	dyspepsi, matsmältnings-
Turkish:	sindirim güçlüğü

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dyspepsia Audio Help (dĭs-pěp'shə, -sē-ə) Pronunciation Key
Difficulty in digesting food; indigestion.

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Dyspepsia

Dys*pep"si*a\, Dyspepsy \Dys*pep"sy\ (?; 277), [L. dyspepsia, Gr. ?, fr. ? hard to digest; ? ill, hard + ? to cook, digest; akin to E. cook: cf. F. dyspepsie. See Dys-, and 3d Cook.] (Med.) 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.

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