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- (pathology) A disorder of digestion, characterised by stomach pain, discomfort, heartburn and nausea, often following a meal.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
{ Dys*pep"si*a (?), Dys*pep"sy (?; 277), }[L.
dyspepsia, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; hard to digest; dys-
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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