Definition of Dyspepsy

1. Noun. (archaic) dyspepsia ¹

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Definition of Dyspepsy

1. indigestion [n -SIES] - See also: indigestion

Medical Definition of Dyspepsy

1. 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. Origin: L. Dyspepsia, Gr, fr. Hard to digest; ill, hard + to cook, digest; akin to E. Cook: cf. F. Dyspepsie. See Dys-, and 3d Cook. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dyspepsy

dysorexia
dysosmia
dysosmias
dysosmic
dysosteogenesis
dysostoses
dysostosis
dysostosis multiplex
dysoxic
dyspallia
dyspathy
dyspepsia
dyspepsias
dyspepsies
dyspepsy (current term)
dyspeptic
dyspeptical
dyspeptically
dyspeptics
dyspeptone
dyspeptones
dysphagia
dysphagia lusoria
dysphagia nervosa
dysphagias
dysphagic
dysphagocytosis
dysphagy
dysphasia

Literary usage of Dyspepsy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Letters to a Young Physician Just Entering Upon Practice by James Jackson (1855)
"ON dyspepsy. I WILL now call your attention to diseases in the abdominal organs; ... To this difficulty we give the name of dyspepsy. We do not, however, ..."

2. The Christian Examiner (1830)
"dyspepsy Forestalled and Resisted: or Lectures on Diet, Regimen and Employment; delivered to the Students ..."

3. The Journal of Health (1831)
"... ours as a waste of time, were they not useful in showing the kind of logic and literature to which this anti-temperance editor has recourse. dyspepsy. ..."

4. A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern Languages (1869)
"dyspepsy, or Dyspepsia. Gr. in Roman letters.—"Bad digestion, difficulty of digestion, indigestion." E. E bien asi como los marineros se guian en la noche ..."

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