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Dyspepsia
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What's The Definition Of Dyspepsia?
[n] a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea
Synonyms | Synonyms for Dyspepsia: indigestion | stomach upset | upset stomach Related Terms | Find terms related to Dyspepsia: abscess | ague | anemia | ankylosis | anoxia | apnea | asphyxiation | asthma | ataxia | atrophy | backache | bleeding | blennorhea | cachexia | cachexy | cardialgia | chill | chills | cholera morbus | colic | constipation | convulsion | costiveness | coughing | cyanosis | diarrhea | dizziness | dropsy | dysentery | dyspnea | edema | emaciation | fainting | fatigue | fever | fibrillation | flux | gripe | gripes | growth | heartburn | hemorrhage | high blood pressure | hydrops | hypertension | hypotension | icterus | indigestion | inflammation | insomnia | irregularity | itching | jaundice | labored breathing | lientery | low blood pressure | lumbago | marasmus | nasal discharge | nausea | necrosis | obstipation | pain | paralysis | pruritus | pyrosis | rash | rheum | sclerosis | seizure | shock | skin eruption | sneezing | sore | spasm | tabes | tachycardia | trots | tumor | upset stomach | vertigo | vomiting | wasting See Also | bellyache | gastralgia | stomach ache | stomachache | symptom Dyspepsia In Webster's Dictionary \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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