From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Dyspepsia \Dys*pep"si*a\, Dyspepsy \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. Dyspeptic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dyspepsia
n 1: a disorder of digestive function characterized by
discomfort or heartburn or nausea [syn: {indigestion},
{dyspepsia}, {stomach upset}, {upset stomach}]
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